I fried a coil pack yesterday on my '03 3.2 CL Type S -- I mean it was smoking because had to keep it running as I was frantically trying to park as it failed.

I Just changed it, and had a devil of a time doing so because it was virtually melted in place and I broke-off the top part trying to free it. Anyhow, after fussing with it for a couple of hours I finally managed to remove the offending part and replaced it with a new, OEM one but when I went for the glory and tried to start the car it would not fire-up.

One at a time, I pulled two plugs from the front cylinder-bank (they were wet with gas so it is certainly getting fuel), grounded them and performed a spark-test but there is none. I have a feeling it is something simple: I am wondering if this could be caused because the engine check light is now on and might need to be reset before the car will give me spark. I was also wondering if there is a relay or fuse that might have blown when the coil-pack fried.

Any suggestions?
Help, Please!
Thanks!

 

Be careful testing for spark with a wet spark plug.
Check Fuse 11 on the drivers side fuse box, open the door pull the panel and look at the sticker for Fuse 11 IG COIL 15Amp, Replace if blown with the same amperage.
Not sure if on the CL is the same but it should say IG COIL, Strange a bad coil would blow a fuse but anything is possible.
If you can scan it for codes that would give you some clues, Let us know what you find.

 

Welcome Wardo !!!

As ErickUa5 previously advised ..... check the fuse first.
Have the codes read and maybe we can better help ya if it isn't just a blown fuse.
Could possibly be a short in the wiring from the affected coil. Have ya checked the coils for voltage at their connectors ?

Do ya have any idea what originally happened causing the coil's connector to melt and fry the coil pack ?

 

Thanks for the suggestions. My question may have been a bit confusing because the connector to the coil-pack is fine it is just the coil-pack that overheated badly and sort of fused to the spark-plug hole and then the top of the coil-pack itself broke off when I tried to remove it. As to the wet plugs, what I didn't say is that I cleaned them with brake-cleaner and let them dry prior to the spark-test.

I will check that fuse: 11 IG and am praying it is that. Unfortunately I don't have a code-reading tool.

Thanks, will advise of progress.
Ward

 

Thanks guys -- Of course you were right about the fuse being blown -- I replaced it and my car started right up. I obviously should have checked it after replacing the coils but I'm not sure I was thinking straight after toiling for hours to extract the melted coil! I actually had checked the underhood fuses but I wasn't smart enough to look at the ones in the driver's-side door-edge of the dash. I will take my car back to my mechanic so he can test to see if something is causing the coils to fry.
One thing of note is that, as you probably already know, the price of the coil-packs (at least in Canada) went way down. I bought them right from Acura for $52.14ea and the man in the parts-dept. confirmed that their price went down about a year ago. (Even the Canadian Tire knock-off versions cost $69.99!!) It was annoying that my mechanic did not know a year ago that the price had dropped when he installed the 3 used coils and charged me $40ea for them, although I understand that these coils used to cost well over $100ea. Anyhow, perhaps I should post the new price somewhere here in case not everyone is aware; I know the "placebo" effect is common after working on cars, but I do notice that the car seems more responsive just off-idle with the brand new coils.
Thanks again!