'02 COP issues
I'm the second owner of a nice '02 with 120K miles on it. Talking to the first owner, the
plugs and two
coils were replaced at about 70k. I've owned it 1.5 years and put about 12K miles on it with no problems. I have my "on the road"
cop repair kit in a box in the trunk, so that I can change
cops and
plugs at any time. My kit includes a set of
cops,
plugs and the appropriate tools. I'm pretty tool savvy, so I'd rather just change them out while driving the car 1200 miles on vacation instead of paying a grease monkey while traveling.
I've read several posts and articles about the
COP issue, and I've seen that several people have had to replace
cops multiple times. One poster suggested that heat was causing the
coil insulation to delaminate.
Recently, I decided to remove the
COP covers and store them in my wheel well with the
spare tire. I took the car through an aggressive car wash with underbody sprays before I did this to see if any water collected on the top of the
cop covers before I removed them. No water collected there. Therefore, I decided to remove the covers and leave them off for two reasons. First, if I had to replace the
cops, it would be easier and quicker to get to them. Secondly, having the
cop covers off should allow heat to dissipate easier which should minimize
cop insulation delamination and slow corrosion.
I own an '01 GMC yukon and a '97 Cadillac Eldorado which both have individual
coils that are not under a cover and I've had very good luck with these vehicles and no
coil issues, so I'm hoping my idea keeps from continually replacing the Tbird
cops.
Has anybody else tried this? What have your results been? Any more failures?
