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1000 miles/coil! '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee


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bk
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Oct 29, 2008, 11:11 AM

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1000 miles/coil! '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee Sign In

I'm posting on behalf of a friend who has a high mileage '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee.

It has blown through 5 coils in the last year. It will just quit. Replacing the coil always fixes the car. At $40/coil it is getting expensive.

How and why is this happening, and I'm open to suggestions that might help solve this problem!


Double J
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Oct 29, 2008, 11:27 AM

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Re: 1000 miles/coil! '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee Sign In

Check/replace the spark plug wires/coil wire.Any arcing on a old spark plug wire and/or coil wire will cause carbon tracking and can cause a new coil to fail.Arcing at the coil tower will cause the wire to carbonize and take out the coil.
If they haven't been replaced in a while,i would toss 'em and install a new set along with a new set of spark plugs.

Just a thought!

See what the others say

Jim


way2old
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Oct 29, 2008, 3:25 PM

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Re: 1000 miles/coil! '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee Sign In

ALong with Jim's advice, look for a weak ground to the coil. As Jim stated, bad wires or plugs can cause the coil to work too hard to produce enough voltage to push the current through.



Being way2old is why I need help from younger minds


Jeff Norfolk
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Oct 29, 2008, 7:13 PM

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Re: 1000 miles/coil! '94 Jeep Grand Cherokee Sign In

I also agree with above along with chunking the Autozone garbage and buying either a factory or AC Delco replacement. I have had the same trouble with this type of car when installing lower quality coils. Spend a few more dollars on a good one and be done with it.
Jeff






 
 
 






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