Replacement of ignition coil

[gordos3]

Hey folk, The other day my boxster became a very rough sounding and hesitatent thing. I plugged in the fault finder and turns out that cylinder 2 is mis-firing. Am planning on replacing the ignition coil but i am a bit unsure where cylinder 2 is? is cylinders 123 on the left hand side or right? and does anyone know if this is a tricky job for an non diy person like myself? does anyone know of any instructions on the internet for this job? many thanks

[blundgren77]

Hey folk, The other day my boxster became a very rough sounding and hesitatent thing. I plugged in the fault finder and turns out that cylinder 2 is mis-firing. Am planning on replacing the ignition coil but i am a bit unsure where cylinder 2 is? is cylinders 123 on the left hand side or right? and does anyone know if this is a tricky job for an non diy person like myself? does anyone know of any instructions on the internet for this job? many thanks

I believe Cyl 1-2-3 should be on the passenger side. Replacing a coil isn't hard - just pulling off the elec. connection to it, and two bolts to hold it on. If you do a search here, I believe Loren commented once in a thread on how to check the coils. Using a VOM, you can go across two pins and measure a value (resistance I think it was) to determine if it's really the coil that's bad. I don't remember exactly the procedure or nominal values, but if you search here, you should find the thread.

--Bill

[blundgren77]

Hey folk, The other day my boxster became a very rough sounding and hesitatent thing. I plugged in the fault finder and turns out that cylinder 2 is mis-firing. Am planning on replacing the ignition coil but i am a bit unsure where cylinder 2 is? is cylinders 123 on the left hand side or right? and does anyone know if this is a tricky job for an non diy person like myself? does anyone know of any instructions on the internet for this job? many thanks

Found it for you. From an older post by Loren:

"They can be tested as follows:

Check the resistance across pins 1 and 15 (black wire and green wire w/stripe -- not brown).

Resistance should be 0.3 to 0.7 ohms at 20 degrees C."