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12-11-2018, 11:44 AM | #1 |
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My car was in the shop recently for a bunch of maintenance work, part of which was installing new spark plugs and ignition coils. I purchased this ignition service kit from FCP Euro:
https://www.fcpeuro.com/products/bmw...-12137841754kt After installation, the car would start and run for about 1-2 seconds before the DME killed it and produced error codes for all 8 coils. We swapped one of the coils back to OEM and the code for that coil went away. We then swapped all of the coils back to OEM and the car fired right up. During removal, one of these coils completely fell apart as seen in the picture. I have a hard time believing these are truly OE coils. FCP Euro lists these as made by Eldor and repackaged by STI, but between the questionable build quality and the fact that my car would not run with these, it appears I either got a bad batch or STI started packaging some sort of aftermarket garbage instead of real OE. Either way, I would advise others to stay away and only run BMW OEM coils. On the bright side, I contacted FCP about this issue and they handled it perfectly. They sent me 8 OEM coils overnight at no extra charge as well as a return shipping label for the bad coils.
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I'm always very skeptical of parts these days... lots of cheap knockoff stuff being made and rebranded or labeled as OEM.
I recently ordered a new "OEM" HID ballast for my Audi from Amazon. FCP wanted $300 for a OEM ballast, I found one on Amazon for $60 from a somewhat big parts seller too... What arrived was clearly not a OEM part. It came in a zip lock bag. It was dirty, rough metal finish and a completely different shape than OEM. But it had OEM stickers on it. I sent it back.
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Genuine coils sold aftermarket have the roundel ground off the cap. The coil in your pic doesn't look like that.
Pricing is usually a give away as to whether the original BMW supplier actually manufactured it. $ Aftermarket = A manufacturer that produces their own part compatible with an original design or dimension. $$ OES = Original Equipment Supplier. A supplier to any OEM, not necessarily BMW. $$$ OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer. This is supposed to indicate that this part was made by the manufacturer that supplies it to BMW. $$$$ Genuine = Official BMW licensed part with full BMW warranty. With today's savvy buyers always looking for genuine quality at aftermarket price, sellers will stretch any truth the can to make their product sound like it's no different than what you'd get from the dealership. I've even seen sellers replicate official BMW parts labels pasted to their packaging in an effort to appear genuine. |
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I installed these very coils a few months back with no issues since. I think you got a bad batch.
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Like I said, it could be a bad batch or STI started repackaging a different brand coil (not Eldor) without notifying their vendors. Who knows...I'm just here to share my experience but YMMV, buy at your own risk.
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Can you share some pics of the top of your coil for me?
I would like to know if they look the same as these ones that I bought. https://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1612366
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I'm happy to hear FCP took care of you though!
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You can tell when the two black roundel area has a rubber touch to it. You can also tell by the engravings on the cap. They look like they were directly from the bosch factory. The supplier was Hudson.
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for high cost consumable oem parts like this, i stick with oem and buy from fcp. sucks, but it only sucks once. you'll save money the next time this maintenance comes around.
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