coilpacks

[Gichin]

Hi ,

I was wondering when Skoda stopped fitting the faulty coilpacks on the Ocatvia ?

I got my 1.8T in March this year , but the car had been at the dealer for a while - some guy ordered it as a company car then refused to accept it as he said it wasn't the right spec .As a result I got a great discount;) , but looking at my service book today I noticed that the original delivery date was supposed to be 19 September 2002- so which coilpacks do you reckon I have ?

[Dutch4x4]

Sorry mate, but I'd say the old ones :(

Even very early 2003 models have the faulty H packs fitted, so...

[Gichin]

I was afraid you might say that , but thanks Mattijs- well we will wait and see

[KLB]

Welcome to the fingers-crossed-and-hope-none-of-them-fails-before -I-change-the-car club My car was registered in May 2001 - right in the middle of the bad batch run.

I was chatting to the mechanic who serviced my car last week, and he showed me the dead vRS they've had in the workshop for a couple of weeks, waiting for a new coil pack. Still, if rumours are to be believed, the supply situation (and the price) are rapidly improving.

Thinks... must order a spare to keep in the toolbox.

[Gichin]

I'm actually a bit confused as to when my car was made - as I said earlier the dealer had it in the stock room as the other guy refused to take it , today I was reading an earlier thread about coilpacks here on Briskoda with a link to a site that decodes the chassis number - put mine in and it comes up as being a 2003 car :confused: - but as I say the original delivery date in the service book (which is tipexed out ) says the 2002 date - is there any other way to determine when a car was manufactured ?

[Delcac]

To be absolutely sure take off the engine cover, undo one of the connections and read the code on the coil and see if it ends in "H" or "J", job done!

[steve]

Here's a picture just in case you cant read / find the codes.

Steve

[Gichin]

Thanks , I'll take a look when I have a bit of time :cheers:

[tavia4x4]

If anyone needs a coilpack in an emergency, I have, ahem, a few.

[sgreen]

My RS is in today for new coilpacks, ordered by my dealer on the 15.04.03, so quite a quick delivery. I was expecting 3 weeks at least after listening to all the bad publicity.

Stu.