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The "end All" On Rb25 Coilpack Failure Misfires?

Travis Bickle

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I am somewhat new to skylines. previously i owned a gti vr6 which is notorious for coilpack failures due to super high underhood temps.

i never gave it much thought on the skyline until it started to misfire the other day. i started with the obvious and tightened all intercooler piping ect ect.

it had to have been the coilpacks at this point so before i went out and spent 600 bucks on splitfires i decided to take a look at what i was working with.

i pulled all 6 off individually and sprayed them with chem elect cleaner to get a better look. immediately upon looking at the epoxy they are made of, i thought "oh damn, its a single version of the VR6 coil" (the VR coil has all six prongs on one unit)

simple fix, cost me 3 dollars and i probably wont have to do it again.

JB WELD

jb weld, is good to 600 degrees C and is the same composition, albiet a bit stronger than the epoxy on the coils.

lightly coat the expoxy area on the coilpack that is cracked. let dry. i even used the fast setting kind, as i have used this on my VR with great results. is it ghetto? as i have always said "if you do a great job is hard to tell you have done anything at all"

i just did mine, and it runs like new. i didnt take any pics, but here is a picture of a VR6 coilpack with the JB weld on it for reference. hope this saves someone 597 bucks and a ton of headaches.

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The problem is they are known for hair line cracks on the front of the coil pack not so much through the epoxy.

BTW blown intercooler pipes wont cause a misfire mate. Better start that apprenticeship lol

Not to mention they are 15 year old coil packs, with 15 year old windings. So a cheap fix isnt always a permanent fix. There are different reasons why coil packs fail and you can't assume they are all for the same reason. So no, its not the end all to coil pack failure.

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The problem is they are known for hair line cracks on the front of the coil pack not so much through the epoxy.

BTW blown intercooler pipes wont cause a misfire mate. Better start that apprenticeship lol

Not to mention they are 15 year old coil packs, with 15 year old windings. So a cheap fix isnt always a permanent fix. There are different reasons why coil packs fail and you can't assume they are all for the same reason. So no, its not the end all to coil pack failure.

so a crack in the epoxy, cant be fixed with jb weld? LOL

and when i say misfire, insert the word "sputter" when talking about loose piping. same sympton. bwaaahhhhh brrbrbrbbrrbrbrbrbrbrbr

worked great for me

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Well the front of the coil pack isnt epoxt its plastic and all kinds of repairs have been trialed and none are permanent. There is a big different between over fuelling (blown IC pipe) and a missfire.

Well as long as it worked for you thats great ;)

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