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Old 08-24-2017, 12:57 AM   #22
Terri Kennedy
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Carmudgeonly Ride: 2003 BMW 325xiT; looking for a new fun car
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Originally Posted by equ View Post
Since I'm not doing plugs (they are only 10k old), I thought I could do the coils on the street or in my driveway. Is that too optimistic (or ghetto)? Everyone made it sound so easy.
It should be easy - just take the plastic cover off to access the coil packs. I tend to not want to do things on the street because that just temps fate with some silly little thing you need and don't have, and of course the car is apart.

Here are the instructions (for an E46, but the only difference is how much of the cabin microfilter housing you need to remove to get to the rear part of the engine cover): https://www.glaver.org/transient/coils.pdf

Give me or Sue a call here if yu run into anything - we can at least roll w/ instructions, tools, and parts.
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