7 captured repliesDiscussion pagination complete · Source accounts, not a confirmed diagnosis
THIS DISCUSSION / SOURCE-DERIVED OVERVIEW
Discussion summary
YOUR RESEARCHsilicone grease on coil packs
Leading reported evidence
Use approx 50g of grease
Suggestion or failed attempt
No successful repair reported for this finding.
0
Reported fixes
0
Unsuccessful attempts
1
Discussions
Read evidence and context
Explicit resolution reports before identified causes, performed actions and suggestions. Within each level, matching component labels precede direct query mentions and inherited thread context; successful versus unsuccessful discussion counts, owner confirmations and independent discussion support determine order. This is not a probability of success.
Discussions that contain suggestions
1
0 original-poster resolution reports. Counts can overlap; they are not unique people or a success rate.
0 discussions have direct query context; 0 report a fix in that context. Other evidence may inherit the discussion’s subject.
Suggestion
You should use approx 50g of grease on 6 pencil coils if you do it right.
Leading evidence: 'Use approx 50g of grease' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Use approx 50g of grease' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
Source reports, not a diagnosis or a success probability. Counts refer to discussions and can overlap.
Counts describe captured discussions, not unique people or a diagnosis. Author identities are not reliably stored. Exact duplicate evidence is counted once across matching discussions; one discussion counts at most once per action/state. Multiple repairs reported together remain a combination. Suggestions and failed attempts do not establish a fix. Matches cover whole discussions and can include related faults, model variants and incomplete threads.
7 eligible posts · 0 unverified posts · 1 discussions match the subject in their title or opening post.
911uk: 1 discussions
0 evidence records excluded for query context · 0 excluded by outcome qualification · 0 adjusted by outcome qualification.
0 acknowledgements have no verified action link; they do not establish a repair result.
Generation: 20261026T150451Z · outcome-qualification-6. Deterministic extraction; no AI model inference. How we use sources
i read a article on putting silicone grease on or around coil packs to stop moisture when changing plugs,was wondering where you put the grease :dont know: is it between plug and coil pack any ideas
The more you plaster them in silicone grease the better, all over the shaft to prevent condesation break down, in the connector to the loom and where it joins the plug. You should use approx 50g of grease on 6 pencil coils if you do it right.
Silicone grease will not cause any issues, it will prevent them.
Also can be used on squeaky door rubbers, sunroof slide rails, all electric connectors etc
The idea is to prevent the contacts getting corroded (either initially by oxidation, then by arcing). Think of the mess you can get on the contacts in everyday battery compartments of remote controls, torches etc.
The silicone grease prevents both water and air to the contacts.
So smother both ends at their respective connectors.
Additionally, it is also useful to coat the shaft. This does help ward off environmental fatigue (leading to cracking), but more importantly it prevents surface water (condensation or otherwise) causing arcing/short circuiting down the shaft to the engine case via surface conduction.
The coil packs are generating many thousands of volts for the spark plugs (about 20,000V). You don't want to give it any reason to send that electricity to the wrong place or attenuate the flow with high resistance oxidation.
