Allan Streib wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >> most of the 98 through 2000 models had problems with the coil packs >> > > "coil packs" -- is this where each plug has its own little coil? Had > a Ford Triton V8 with that and they were toublesome. >
That's "coil-on-plug," sometimes called COP. "Coil packs" are usually separate objects that contain coils for multiple spark plugs. My '95 Crown Vic has two coil packs, one on the front of each cylinder bank. Later models went to coil-on-plug. The theory is sound -- why run high voltage wire around when you can generate the high voltage on top of the plug itself? The problem is the coils are delicate compared to spark plug wire boots and are vulnerable to damage from ham-fisted removal, engine washing, etc.
