Replace one ignition coil or all six?

[equ]

Thank you so much, Terry.

I have parking spots but no garage spacious or lit enough to work in. Well, one spot is, but the queen boxster lives there .

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.

[Terri Kennedy]

Originally Posted by equ

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.

[equ]

Originally Posted by Terry Kennedy

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.

This exact scenario played out a few months ago when I swapping the steering wheel of the 535i. I broke a small wire connection and the car was on the street right in front of my living room. The car without a steering wheel sat there for about a day. Our town has no street cleaning though. Which means there is the occasional carcass () or eccentric car that never moves.