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Volkswagen VR6 Coil Pack Repair
Volksagen VR6 coils packs are well-known to develop cracks leading to engine misfires. Marc Gallagher wrote up an excellent repair guide that involves coating the coil pack in epoxy.
At ~50k miles, my GTI VR6 developed the classic symptoms.
I wanted to find an epoxy that flexible, bonded plastic
and had a wide temperature range. I settled on 3M Scotch-Weld
2216:
"Highly flexible epoxy provides a high-strength bond with excellent resistance to peeling and high shear strength. Bonds rubber, metal, wood, masonry, ABS, PVC, acrylic, nylon, and polycarbonate. Temperature range is -67 to +350 degrees farenheight."I purchased the 3M 2216 from McMaster-Carr. Those looking for an "industrial-class" epoxy to patch their coil-pack may be interested in this route.
One-Year Update: After one year and approximately 8k miles,
I've had zero problems.
Picture of the epoxied pack:
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