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Old 02-08-2012, 03:33 PM   #1
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Stuffed lead new coil pack SP20

So after all this time it appears my car didn't get hot enough to stuff it.
But the mechanic said one of the leads is stuffed and is trying to get ahold of a geniun coild pack, my question is

Can you get aftermarket ones ie like at autopro if so has anyone had any experience with these.

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Old 02-08-2012, 04:00 PM   #2
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when reading about coil packs in GENERAL, it was always better to get genuine quality wise. (people with skylines/imports etc online seemed to agree too.) whether they will cost an arm and a leg is unknown.
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Old 02-08-2012, 04:01 PM   #3
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yes you can.

genuine or aftermarket is the same stuff
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Old 02-08-2012, 04:06 PM   #4
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when reading about coil packs in GENERAL, it was always better to get genuine quality wise. (people with skylines/imports etc online seemed to agree too.) whether they will cost an arm and a leg is unknown.
you'll lose your leg, arm and a kidney for genuine ones.. When mine started playing up $300 a coil pack from mazda :-O

ive got aftermarket.. for both cost me about $280ish all up (2 years ago)
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Old 02-08-2012, 04:34 PM   #5
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I have at least 4 coil packs in my shed at home, pity your so far away as I would let you test them. I may also have some as new leads too, I will check the quality of them when I get home tonight.
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Old 02-08-2012, 04:48 PM   #6
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you'll lose your leg, arm and a kidney for genuine ones.. When mine started playing up $300 a coil pack from mazda :-O

ive got aftermarket.. for both cost me about $280ish all up (2 years ago)
do you have a model number or remember what they were called
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Old 02-08-2012, 05:00 PM   #7
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you'll lose your leg, arm and a kidney for genuine ones.. When mine started playing up $300 a coil pack from mazda :-O

ive got aftermarket.. for both cost me about $280ish all up (2 years ago)
WOW!!
Ripped much!! Dude at mazda was nice and charged me trade, which was $180 each.
Had them in stock. Bloke behind the counter also said that new ones purchased have a lifetime warranty on them. And to take a couple of pics of the install, and write down the km's they were changed at.
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Old 02-08-2012, 05:03 PM   #8
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Also I will check the box tonight for part numbers.
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Old 02-08-2012, 05:47 PM   #9
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So after all this time it appears my car didn't get hot enough to stuff it.
But the mechanic said one of the leads is stuffed and is trying to get ahold of a geniun coild pack, my question is

Can you get aftermarket ones ie like at autopro if so has anyone had any experience with these.

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I certainly hope so
there's a few that I've seen that got overheated, but it passed compression tests and other basic tests... later on, problems manifested itself, such as lumpy rough idle, unexplained coolant loss, etc... all despite the fact that the car drove fine at speed
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Old 03-08-2012, 08:37 AM   #10
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neah i dont have model numbers for them :-(
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Old 03-08-2012, 08:54 AM   #11
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WOW!!
Ripped much!! Dude at mazda was nice and charged me trade, which was $180 each.
2x $180 = $360. You paid $80 more than him. Even at trade you paid more.

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Bloke behind the counter also said that new ones purchased have a lifetime warranty on them. And to take a couple of pics of the install, and write down the km's they were changed at.
Good luck with that. It they have a lifetime warrenty. Then why would you need a pic and milage noted? Wouldn't the receipt be enough as milage is irrelevant to a age based warrenty. I think that bloke was blow smoke up your ass.
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Swift said "300 A coilpack" = 600 for a set.......
2x300 = 600 - 360 = 240... I paid $240 less than swift
And he probably was.... But meh... Doubt they are gna have issues in the time I have the car neway
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you'll lose your leg, arm and a kidney for genuine ones.. When mine started playing up $300 a coil pack from mazda
I was talking about genuine ones ^^^^

Just skimmed and thought that's. What he paid. I would take genuine over aftermarket anyway.
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Old 03-08-2012, 10:12 AM   #15
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meh its all good... look da20valve its up to you at the end of the day yes you can get aftermarket and genuine..

Also there is another mod you can do which i found out after replacing mine.. moves the coil packs away from the top of the engine which decreases failure rate.. i'll be doing this if mine ever die again

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showt...1-8-Coil-Packs
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Old 03-08-2012, 12:28 PM   #16
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It's all good, it has been fixed already.
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