Project: E34 Busted Pile

[Jake]

Just put the new (or gently used) coils from Rex on the car. The most difficult part was the blasted front-hinged hood getting caught in the wind and falling on my back about 7 times as I unbolted and re-bolted various things. She started up right away and made a few funny noises as things smoothed out. I gotta say, it feels like a brand new car. I am positive that this thing has been running on 4 of the 6 cylinders (or something of the sort) because the difference is huge. This plug looked the worst:



I'm sure all the oil from the leaky VCG didn't help things, either. Probably got up in the rubber boots and fouled things up. Anyway, she's purring along nicely now.

I'm still going to do the "stomp test" to pull any codes related to this O2 sensor. I'm curious to see how gas mileage improves (hopefully) with the motor firing properly. It's been averaging between 10 and 12 on this tank of gas... and 100 miles of the ~180 are highway miles. So... let's see where things go from here! Next big things to tackle (when it's not snowing and windy) are the drivers' side windows.