My Coil Packs Set On Fire

[Shakey_Jake 3 1 Cars]

What would cause coil packs to set alight?

 

Like so-

 

 

 

Ill change the loom but wanted to know why it would happen?

This was on track at croft, and it killed another three coils after that (had spares), and two at the beginning of the week whilst I was at a competing in a sprint.

 

Now I need to refill my fire extinguisher.

 

Cheers,

Jake

Edited May 26, 2013 by Shakey_Jake

[dcc 855]

Just a knackered coil breaking down causing a short and lots of heat.

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Seen it a couple of times before, never that bad thou but always when the packs have been changed along with the damaged wiring all seems good

Try running without the cover on to get some air over them

[petert 586]

Are you running an aftermarket ECU and set too much charge time? Coil over plugs don't need anywhere near as much time and will cause them to overheat.

[Shakey_Jake 3 1 Cars]

Standard ECU, don't think it's even been mapped. Could it be a dodgy ECU? Ill change the loom in case it's damaged somewhere as I've got a spare, had to cut the wire to put a new clip on that goes to the coil so it looks a mess now.

 

Miles, after the fire I took the cover off and went back out on track and it still done another two coils.

 

Surly cant have that many knackered coils so something else is killing them.

[chipstick 382 1 Cars]

Someone here http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=153763&page=1 had the same problem. Nothing conclusive unfortunately.

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Odd how the coil pack near the cambelt went everytime!

[dcc 855]

Whqt power is the alternator putting out

[Shakey_Jake 3 1 Cars]

Odd how the coil pack near the cambelt went everytime!

 

Different ones have went, every position now. Even two have went at the same time.

 

 

Whqt power is the alternator putting out

I'll have to check. Battery went flat at croft aswell, a few people pushing sorted that lol.

[Shakey_Jake 3 1 Cars]

Just checked alternator is doing 14.4 volts at idle.

 

Good or bad?