Taping Coilpacks

[rondofj]

Tommy Tape Silicon Rubber Wrap - $13 from bunnings. Has anyone used this to tape up their coilpacks because of a misfire issue and what r peoples opinions of this product? It says that it can withstand up to 200deg C temps only, but so is the Selleys industrial silicon 401 that lot of guys are using. I couldnt find anything good for 800C so bought this quality flexible tape which supposedly dosent come off like electrical tape. Phone dosent allow me to load a pic of the product

[Pal]

have seen it at work, will be alot better than electrical tape

[R31Nismoid]

Do your have cracks etc in the casing?

If not then wrapping them won't do much as they are stuffed on the inside.

Only time wrapping them helps (and good old fashioned Elec Tap works) when they crack and arc outside the case

There is NO was temps will get to 800c on the top of the motor mate.

Inside the actual exhaust housing of the turbo, yeah maybe.

[kosmo90]

I used 700c silicone from supercheap, rtv i think.

Does the job while i save up.

[SargeRX8]

On my old skyline, it had Nitto tape. Never came off. Current one has.... Nitto tape too. Best shit.

I very VERY much doubt it will even get past 150c up there. Even at the hottest, the engine is still touchable up top.

Or just buy new coil packs.

Edited November 23, 2011 by SargeRX8

[KiwiRS4T]

There are some cheap OEM coilpacks on ebay atm - but try the tape for a temp fix

[Bond]

What coils do you need?

I have some yellow jackets for sale that have done under 1000km.

[rondofj]

My car rarely misses/pops/loses power, at least thats what it seems like its doing when it does happen, its only happened like 5% of the time on 3 or 4 days on WOT around 5000rpms and up all this time I've been driving. So could be anything really. Used to happen regularly before, after the tune with Nistune it went away completely for 5-6 months and then recently re-surfaced but only 3-4 times as I said so a bit confusing. I do run 0.8mm gapped NGK coppers...so thought, why not tape up the coilpacks and give that a go.....and Nismoid, I dont know if there are cracks in them as I couldnt see the last time I pulled them out- which was maybe more than half a year ago...

[zebra]

so you have 6 month old plugs and the car is missfiring........

I dont meant to be captain obvious here....but change your bloody spark plugs

[wolverine]

CRC urethane seal coat ftw if you are keen on sealing the outside of coil packs.

[Bond]

And gap them down to 0.6mm. Taping it will not fix the problem

[zebra]

what the feck do you want a .6mm gap for? run the biggest gap you can

[Bond]

Think about what you just said. The biggest YOU CAN. If he can't run 0.8 then gap them down. Even with brand new OEM coils i was missing with a 0.8 gap. Now at 0.6 they are fine. There is nothing wrong with a slightly smaller gap. Do you think going from 0.6 to 0.8 will magically give you another 50rwkw and half your fuel usage??

[zebra]

it is worth more power than you think

[Bond]

I had them up to 1mm at one stage and did not notice or feel any difference except the miss up to which was costing me power. I honestly don't think there is a difference in power and response between 0.6 and 0.8mm gap.

[chuckie]

Tape really,

Urethane is the fix,

http://www.crcind.co...thane-seal-coat

done this on some coil pack on my car done some 100,000 k`s now & stil sweet as .

i also run fibre washers under base to try to stop heat going straight in them.

,

iam going to put a write up & post it,

this is $20 fix if you buy a Larger can of URETHANE SEAL COAT.

Cheers Chuckie.

[Bond]

I like the idea of the washers.

[GTR260]

the heat will still transfer through the bolt holding the coil to the head

[zebra]

[chuckie]

the heat will still transfer through the bolt holding the coil to the head

Oh thanks for info ,

i may try few more on then see if that helps ,

heat transfer`s regardlees that was just too see if it helped as coil pack sitting on head hurts more,

i looking at Heatshrink too see what happens with that,