Recent content by bluBomber

I found this while researching my new passtime, LS coil failure. Nice technical writeup and explanation on the all-too-familiar COP voltage spikes and associated issues...

I agree with being a danger to themselves. It is not uncommon here to hear of serious accidents, sometimes fatal on some of the busiest HIGHWAYS. There is a 2 lane road that I travel to/from work, has no shoulder in most places, blind hiills and curves and people have recently started to ride...

The seat back on the passenger side of my car had the plastic tabs broken off from some long legged guy riding in the back. I tried a couple of times to repair it with epoxy, etc. What finally worked for me was to drill some small holes in both pieces of the broken parts and run a piece of wire...

Edmunds puts dealer retail on it in average condition at $4K for my region. I own a 2003 V6 and when it is running well, it is a great car, but it has had more problems than ANY of the 10-12 other vehicles both foreign and domestic that I have owned. I would agree that you try to determine...

Well, that's good to know as well, I guess, but that seems even more absurd since an alternator should be a no brainer.

While I understand that they are not MOTORCRAFT, it's not like Denso is a crap brand. Its just wire, plastic and epoxy, how hard can that be with today's manufacturing technology. It's also not like those coils fit a ton of cars and have a wide spec. As near as I can tell they only fit the...

I'm not sure my original post was clear. Both times I previously have had coil issues, car has thrown throttle body codes. Before becoming smarter via this forum on the evil deeds of LS coils, I replaced a perfectly good throttle body only to find that it made no difference. I have the old...

I changed coils, plugs, vcg's recently. 2003V6, 120K miles. Used Denso coils, autolite double platinum plugs, Victor Reinz gaskets. Had to replace the temp sensor as well (BWD), as it twisted off when reinstalling. It was fatigued during removal. After reassembly, still had an...

got it, thanks. Sounds like there is not much use in me going to look at them. Thanks for the replies.

Back to the original post, I don't think I have ever heard a motorist hit by a speeding bike. Usually the other way round. Like man bites dog.

Denso from Rock Auto. I wish I had known that the visteons were available again for the V6 as I would have bought them. I thought when they were gone, they were gone for good. I may pick up a set now, seems like a prudent thing to do. I am thinking maybe it is a connector as the cowl was...

I only had liability on it, so no reason to call the INS company. The take away from that for me was to call the police immediately when crap like that happens.

50 miles round trip with no miss today, if it happens again, I plan to pull the intake again (joy) and clean all of the electrical connectors with wire dry and recheck the coil seating and plug gap. Don't know what else to do.

that sucks, huh. I had a big chunk of concrete fall off of a bricklayer's truck, bounce up and come up across my hood and down the passenger fender. Luckily it did not come through the windshield and hit my daughter. I honked and tried to get their attention, would not stop. Followed them...

what was your source for the used PCM?