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      05-08-2014, 11:23 PM   #8
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Drives: Interlagos Z4MR
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Originally Posted by Taylorguy74 View Post
What's the normal replacement for ignition coils? When they fail? I've got close to 80K on my E90 and 57K on the M. Never been touched other than to remove for spark plug replacement.
I popped 2 coils when starting up the car for the first time with the supercharger, and about 30k miles later when I was trying to merge onto the highway at full throttle. I don't think a non-supercharged car needs them replaced as often

To be fair, bavauto has offered me replacement coils at a heavily discounted price even though I'm beyond the 2 year warranty period, they're just out of stock for another week.
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