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Seems like I didn't really run across people breaking ignition coils on their repairs. I dropped off my Fit to get ignition coils and a few other things done today. Well what they told me was that they broke an ignition coil that they were taking off. I guess they're busy fishing out the part that broke off. I dropped the car off this morning about 9:30 and now it's 4:30. I'm bummed but holding out hope.
BTW, there's only one thread when I search for "broken ignition coil honda fit" and that's on the 2nd gen forum.
Hmmm, is this an independent, chain or Honda dealer? If the latter, I'd be raising a stink.
It's not that difficult to replace coils and plugs on the GD3. Plenty of how-to videos here and on youtube. You'll need a spark plug socket (I like the magnetic type) and extension on a socket wrench, a 10mm hex to remove the bolts affixing the coilpacks to the engine, and some dielectric grease.
Assuming they broke the coilpack before they got to the plugs, I don't see where this would be an issue, but then again, I don't understand how you break a coilpack unless you're really ham-fisted. More info needed.
Hopefully they didn't break the retaining bolt off one of the coils!
If it broke taking it off, I suspect the small bolt snapped off that holds the coil in place. They are small bolts, so if there is any corrosion, it's very easy to do. Corroded small bolt into aluminum equals snap when trying to remove.
They'll get it fixed. Not a big deal. Fortunately the area is fairly accessible on a GD Fit.
Well actually I got my car back before closing.......barely.
It was an independent. The one thing I liked with these guys is that it's easy to deal with them and I'd rather deal with them. He thinks these coils were the original ones. If that's correct, then that's over 190k miles on them. So really I don't blame them for having one snap on them. Could have easily been the customer. Everything else went fine. He told me that the parts I had were the correct parts and good parts for the car. Oh and the plugs that were on the car wasn't the right ones. Even the belt and pulley that I got replaced wasn't doing that hot.
Here's a pic of the original coils. I was going to save them and use them if they were still good, but I think I'm just going to toss them.
Yowsa! Never seen a coilpack break like that before. Looks like they were trying to rock it out and just snapped it. So other than it taking longer than expected to fish out the rest of the coilpack, probably nothing to worry about.
Well actually I got my car back before closing.......barely.
It was an independent. The one thing I liked with these guys is that it's easy to deal with them and I'd rather deal with them. He thinks these coils were the original ones. If that's correct, then that's over 190k miles on them. So really I don't blame them for having one snap on them. Could have easily been the customer. Everything else went fine. He told me that the parts I had were the correct parts and good parts for the car. Oh and the plugs that were on the car wasn't the right ones. Even the belt and pulley that I got replaced wasn't doing that hot.
Here's a pic of the original coils. I was going to save them and use them if they were still good, but I think I'm just going to toss them.
The coil broke due to its age (coil neck to boot connector got eroded internally because of electrical corona discharge) the plug next to it was leaking a bit giving a coil tip brownish appearance
Its a tight angle for cylinders 3 and 4, if you flex it wrong I can see how this happened. Maybe someone was in a hurry to pull one off. I guess it could have been on very tight, this is where silicone grease on the inside of the boot (but not the wire) would help with release.
09-27-2017, 07:37 PM
