Replace Ignition Coil 1998 v70 non turbo

Post by **MrAl** » 22 Jan 2023, 04:52

Hello there,

Is there any instructions on the web for doing this? I couldn't find any.

It looks like the air box has to come out first? Then maybe Torx head screws?

Thanks.

Post by **P80GLT** » 22 Jan 2023, 05:49

The coil is held onto the strut turret with three of 10mm bolts. It only takes a couple of minutes to remove the air box and you'll be able to access the bolts

EDIT, this guy just removes the top of the air box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLMu2cM7pVk

Post by **MrAl** » 22 Jan 2023, 22:09

P80GLT wrote: ↑22 Jan 2023, 05:49 The coil is held onto the strut turret with three of 10mm bolts. It only takes a couple of minutes to remove the air box and you'll be able to access the bolts

EDIT, this guy just removes the top of the air box https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLMu2cM7pVk

Oh thanks very much i think that will help more than you can imagine.

See, when i replace something i like to do it one thing at a time if possible unless if two things are really bad like the rotor and distributor then i did replace them both at the same time. I also have to replace the remainder of the ignition wires and put the distributor cap "protector sleeve" back on the distributor cap, both require removing the air box. If i had to take out the air box to replace the ignition coil then i would want to put it back in before doing the wires just to see the effect of a new ignition coil alone. If i dont have to take it out then that makes this replacement faster. I will take it out on another day and do the remainder of the wires.

Thanks much.

Post by **scot850** » 23 Jan 2023, 09:48

Wise man using the 'while-I-am-in-there' work practice!

Neil.

Post by **MrAl** » 28 Jan 2023, 09:08

scot850 wrote: ↑23 Jan 2023, 09:48 Wise man using the 'while-I-am-in-there' work practice!

Neil.

Hey there,

I found out that taking out the air box allows easy access to the ignition coil bolt heads so i guess it's a go. That's why i get back out there again just took the air box out again. I'm getting better at it though only took about 5 minutes.

Post by **scot850** » 28 Jan 2023, 09:59

Unfortunately you may get plenty of practice over years of ownership! You are already seeing your confidence growing in leaps and bounds!

Neil.

WhatAmIDoing · Post by **WhatAmIDoing** » 28 Jan 2023, 10:11

How did you determine you need to replace the ignition coil? These solid state style ignition coils rarely if ever go bad. And if they do they usually just stop producing spark all together. Just curious.

crlande · Post by **crlande** » 28 Jan 2023, 18:33

Cap and rotor are what Mr.Al is attacking. Cap...10MM bolts. Rotor... allen head screws

Post by **MrAl** » 28 Jan 2023, 20:01

WhatAmIDoing wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 10:11 How did you determine you need to replace the ignition coil? These solid state style ignition coils rarely if ever go bad. And if they do they usually just stop producing spark all together. Just curious.

Hi,

Random misfires but i still have other stuff to do first like change the remainder of the spark plug wires.
That's what i suspected too because it's just a transformer. There are tests for it also i did not do yet.
So i figured while i was changing out the cap, rotor, wires, sparkplugs, maybe change out the ignition coil also.
So there was no real determination it was just a guess because that's part of the ignition system.

Post by **MrAl** » 28 Jan 2023, 20:01

scot850 wrote: ↑28 Jan 2023, 09:59 Unfortunately you may get plenty of practice over years of ownership! You are already seeing your confidence growing in leaps and bounds!

Neil.

Hi,

Yes i think you are right, but not with the reliability of this car. Now the battery does not seem to be charging enough.