Just had an ignition coil go on me - after a quick search it seems to be a fairly common problem with the abarth - anybody else had this problem? After reading some posts I was wondering if it's always the same coils ( no 2 looking left to right).

What pi$$ed me off the most though was no fiat dealer had one in stock - me and the AA man tried 6 different dealerships in the localish area and not 1 had one in stock - not impressed!!!! Now got to wait till monday while they get one in!



Andrew

Have a look at this thread - got some collation details in it:

https://www.fiatforum.com/showthread.php?t=27131&highlight=stiloboy+coils

I had the same problem with the AA sourcing me one - had to wait to be fixed the next working day, and no courtesy car given to me either

Why cant your local dealer VOR the part and get it he next working day?

We are talking about Fiat dealers here are'nt we? lol

Mine managed to get one in next day - miracles do happen!

It was only one, though - imagine if TWO had gone at the same time

tell us matey what model of Stilo you have? Engine? So i can update the post!

2.4 Abarth model - what I was curious about is wether it's the same one on all Abarth's as Stu mentioned no 4 but were you reading left to right or right to left? Anybody know where I can get a cheap spare one as well to keep in the Car in case it happens again - a genuine 1 but not at rip off prices from fiat?

Thanks
Andrew

I don't think they are that expensive to begin with - £35 or so, although this may need to be confirmed. I think my replacement was a Bosch one.

No 4 was given to me by the AA man, so I presume there is a correct way to read this.

my replacement from fiat was a lucas.

How about having the cylinder numbering convention numbering from the front, of the engine block (the opposite end to the gear box). Then no matter which way your engine is put in we all know which cylinder we are all talking about?

Confused