The Random E46/ZHP Question Thread

[Galapolis]

It's very rare that I buy used parts for my car but maybe you could buy a used OE coil as well if you can find a guy selling them cheap enough. Mine were only $10 CAD a pop, can't really go wrong for that price even if it happens to conk out a couple years down the line

Might be the best bet, gotta verify first though if that's the problem. Luckily there's a ZHP owner nearby who said I could borrow his coil to test if that is actually the problem. I might still go with new Delphi ones and just invoke that FCP warranty whenever necessary.

[Galapolis]

Lol I just ordered the Bosch one from FCP and they immediately sent me this:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/fcp-pdf-fil...0221504470.pdf

[ZHPizza]

Lol I just ordered the Bosch one from FCP and they immediately sent me this:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/fcp-pdf-fil...0221504470.pdf

Bro cancel that order Bosch is hot garbage

You can test yourself by moving the coil to a different cylinder and seeing if the misfire follows it

Fwiw I dug deep into coil options a bit ago and decided to pony up for the Eldor ones that everyone seems to love for every engine

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-Ignitio.../293618569430?

[Galapolis]

Bro cancel that order Bosch is hot garbage

You can test yourself by moving the coil to a different cylinder and seeing if the misfire follows it

Fwiw I dug deep into coil options a bit ago and decided to pony up for the Eldor ones that everyone seems to love for every engine

https://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-Ignitio.../293618569430?

Thanks for the hot tip! Those are the same price as the Delphi set on FCP so I'll definitely go for Eldor. I just ordered a single Bosch for now to at least have a working car. Got a chance to do the test and it's definitely the coil.

[az3579]

Interesting. I actually found the Eldors on FCP, though for some reason they're labeled as only being for these vehicles: 760i, 760Li, Cooper, M3, X5, Z4


https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...or-12138657273


I figured I'd check since I needed a set but really wanted to buy from there. Thankfully they do carry it, or at least the part number that Pizzaman has posted with that eBay link.

[t.er]

Interesting. I actually found the Eldors on FCP, though for some reason they're labeled as only being for these vehicles: 760i, 760Li, Cooper, M3, X5, Z4


https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...or-12138657273


I figured I'd check since I needed a set but really wanted to buy from there. Thankfully they do carry it, or at least the part number that Pizzaman has posted with that eBay link.

Sounds like my voltage regulator - my alternator has the oval connector so I had to order the one for the Z4.

Bookmarking this for future reference. Had no idea Eldor was the top brand for coils

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[sillieidiot]

Hmm...that explains why when I replaced JRs coils awhile back, it didn't snap. I was like that's weird, how do I know it's in? Just pushed it all the way down as much as I could and that was it. Hopefully, it doesn't misfire down the road. It's working fine now and cured his misfires.

[cody_94]

So do the Eldor coils snap into place like the originals?

[ZHPizza]

Interesting. I actually found the Eldors on FCP, though for some reason they're labeled as only being for these vehicles: 760i, 760Li, Cooper, M3, X5, Z4


https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...or-12138657273


I figured I'd check since I needed a set but really wanted to buy from there. Thankfully they do carry it, or at least the part number that Pizzaman has posted with that eBay link.

When I was deep in the bowels of the internet looking at Eldor reviews I found someone saying that BMW was making the switch to them for every model, but slowly rolling it out to earlier models as they ramped up production to keep up. They started with the newer forced induction models and have been expanding from there, so you'll see some sites list them for nearly every model and some, well, I don't know what FCP is doing.

[Vas]

I bought a set of Eldor coils from fcpeuro and they work with no issues.

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