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Just got chip and dv, now engine light is on, car runs bad

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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 11:35 PM
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Ok so I drove the car for 2 hours after getting the apr 93 chip and the 007 dv, I was driving to a friends house nearby and my check engine light started flashing and my car is running very poor. The engine is below 1k idle, bogging down and i have no accel power. wtf happened im guessing its something with the valve?
 
Old Apr 13, 2007 | 11:37 PM
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you probably blew a coil pack, its a common problem after you get chipped
 
Old Apr 13, 2007 | 11:39 PM
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no clue what that is
 
Old Apr 13, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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https://www.audiforums.com/m_458762/tm.htm

a coilpackis about 40-60 dollars a peice depending.........
 
Old Apr 13, 2007 | 11:51 PM
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are there such things as good coil packs so this **** doesnt keep blowing?
 
Old Apr 13, 2007 | 11:55 PM
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misfire.. get ecu scanned for fault code. if it indicates cyl.1 misfire, swap cyl.1 coil pack with cyl. 2 coil pack. drive. scan for fault codes. if misfire is indicated on cyl. 2, replace coil pack. if misfire doesnt follow the coil pack, replace plugs. end
coil packs were revised for certain years, if it wasnt your year, at least its a new coil pack. I dont see how a chip or any engine modification could affect the life of a coil pack. Id call ita coincidence. Its not firing with any more voltage than what it does when stock. Its just how it is with Audi/VW, coil packs sometime die. My car is on original coil packs at 87k miles, the last14k miles have been chipped. I keep a set of 2 extra in the trunk just in case. Call me ****.
 
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 01:53 AM
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I keep a set of 2 extra in the trunk just in case. Call me ****.

i just spit outmilk from my nose cuz i laughed so hard when i read that. thats a pretty bad *** idea tho
 
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 01:56 AM
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What else do you keep in your trunk?
 
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 03:28 AM
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What else do you keep in your trunk?
A quart of oil, Jo and Angur, and some G-12
 
Old Apr 14, 2007 | 04:43 PM
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Confirmed it was a bad coil pack. Bought four and replaced em one by one to test em out. It was odd because I replaced one started it and it ran fine, drove around the block boom problem hit again, replaced another one and been driving it with no problems since. Time will tell on this one but I think all is well.
 
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