Re: Loose coil pack

"Chuck" <Chuckk2nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>Always thought you had a loose screw somewhere!
>The coil bracket gets removed with the coils. Then you can see why an
>individual coil is loose.
>(Lotsa Fun!)

Yes, it must be. I see that Mazda cleverly put one screw *below* the
coil pack. Must have been the most fun they had in the design
department since that designer thought up the location of the oil
filter.

Fortunately, I got very lucky. Turned out the top attachment screw
of the coil pack, easily accessible without removing the pack,
was loose: it had lost the nut and lock washer in the back, but
fortunately the screw was still loosely in its hole. Even more
fortunate, I had a fitting M8 nut and two lock washers (one to
lose somewhere behind or in the engine and one to install.) Was
somewhat of a mess to try to get both the nut and the washer on
the screw between the firewall and engine, but being an incredibly
talented mechanic, I taped the nut inside a box wrench, which
prevented it from joining the first lock washer. Whole thing was
over in half an hour or so.

Screw had a coppery tint, so it may have been providing an earth,
which may explain why I was having indications of poor combustion
on my WB oxygen sensor. I replaced the spark wires and plugs anyway.

Leon

>"Leon van Dommelen" <rammm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>
>> My number 2-3 coil pack is loose. I assume the screws
>> are somewhere completely hidden by the firewall?
>>
>> Leon
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