Having just returned from a 4 week tour of France,having to freewheel my camper up the slip road off the motorway,round a roundabout and park safely my first item to check was the coil,another one had failed after just 4500m,after talking to a fellow vw camper owner he said he mounted his upside down,eg,the king lead at the bottom,presumably to retain the oil around the ht terminal.
Sure enough when I look in the workshop manual that’s how they’re mounted,after all those years .
Most vehicles seem to have fitted them upside down like described. I always fit them with the lead at the top, many people including myself don't trust new coils to contain the oil.Having just returned from a 4 week tour of France,having to freewheel my camper up the slip road off the motorway,round a roundabout and park safely my first item to check was the coil,another one had failed after just 4500m,after talking to a fellow vw camper owner he said he mounted his upside down,eg,the king lead at the bottom,presumably to retain the oil around the ht terminal.
Sure enough when I look in the workshop manual that’s how they’re mounted,after all those years .
As in earlier vw air cooled?The king lead on the earlier stuff is too short to fit the coil anyway apart from upsided own.