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...since there are 3 coil paks for 6 cylinders, would a bad coil pak only affect one cylinder, or two? Are the 3 paks interchangable?


in my experience, yes one bad coil affects the two cylinders it controls. the only way it wouldn't, imho, would be because of intermittent. frankly, can't see how a bad coil could affect only one of the two cylinders it supplies. but, stranger things........

and yes the paks are interchageable, that's why i said
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could have replaced just one coil, but didn't know any better at the time, and replaced the thing as a complete unit, which is fine, 'cause now i have to backups for when they decide to stop supplying parts...

if i had known, i probably could have switched coils around to see if the problem followed


and of course as you know the wires could be the culprit, especially if you've got one of the "special" engines that leak the oil up to the sparkplug hole. i didn't have that problem.

1992 sohc trooper 3.2l v6 automatic . . . as is

i love a good intermittent electrical challenge. . .especially when it's someone else's.