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2005 Linear with 133K on the clock. Engine started running ragged, especially on rainy damp days, and ORB code showed a bad coil. Bought a new DuraLast coil and put it in, and guess what? The car won't start. It turns over, but doesn't even pop. Check all the connections, and same thing. Put old coil back in and car starts right up but still isn't running great. So, back to AutoZone and get another coil. Install the new coil, and again the car will not start. Put the old coil back in, and it starts right up. So I'm going to return the second DuraLast coil tomorrow. So now what coil should I get. A stock one from the local Subaru dealer or is there a better one to buy online?
Only good thing is I can now remove and replace the coil in twenty minutes or less!
regards, rj
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Coils and coil packs should always be stock IMO, for the reasons you've just figured out.
FYI I had similar behavior on a previous car: wet or snowy days I'd get a nasty stumble when I used more throttle, fixed with new coil packs.
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Oem
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get a used OEM one on ebay, they rarely fail and are plentiful, therefore inexpensive
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Stopped at the local Subie dealer and bought a new one. Replaced the old coil and it started right up! The DuraLast was just over 490, and the Subie was $171, all with CT's userous sales tax. After changing the coil so many times I've learned my lesson, and learned how to replace a coil in twenty minutes.
best regards, rj
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...did you really mean to say the Duralast coil was almost $500? Wtf?
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Um, no.
There are three AZ coils to pick from for the '05: DuraLast, $92, NGK, $136, and Delphi, $152.
I'm going to guess the OP missed the shift key on the '4'.
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Missed the shift key!!
But what people should know is the NGK and Delphi are not stocked at my local AutoZones ("AZ") nor stocked in a regional warehouse, I asked. I could have ordered a number of coils on line, but decided to not take a chance with a coil that doesn't work. I do not drive very much, but the Saabaru is my, my mother-in-law's, and my special needs step-son's transportation to doctors, tests, and physical therapy. I really didn't feel like taking a risk of having the old stock problem coil fail to work when I needed it. Two weeks ago the car would not start and I had to cancel my doctor's appointment because of that. I looked through everything like the coil and fuel pump, disconnecting and reconnecting everything electrical but using dielectric grease to make the connections go back together easier. Still wouldn't start, but I had eliminated the fuel pump as a cause and just focused on the coil. The day after looking through everything I tried it and it started right up but ran like a car with a wet distributor. That's when I stumbled down to my local AZ in my 9-2X, and got the first bad coil.
So for next time (hopefully not soon!), and for my information, what aftermarket coils have members used? And has anyone put on a high performance coil like the one from COSMO Racing?
<https://www.cosmoracing.com/high-power-ignition-coils/subaru-high-power-ignition-coils>
Did it work?
rj
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I think the consensus of the above comments is just "no" on aftermarket coils. And that's my personal take on it as well.
I've gave up on non-oem coils because the three times I've tried them I found them to be varying degrees of garbage. From not working to working poorly to seeming to work fine but failing in a matter of months.
It's just not worth the couple of bucks saved.
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