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Bremi ignition coils

jnwright71

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Hi All,

I'll soon be looking to replace all the coils on my 987 as the pre-purchase inspection advised that a couple had started to crack. I've just been on the ECP website and they list two brands, Bremi (Brembo Max) and Beru.

I know that Beru is the OE supplier, but the Bremi version is £16 cheaper per unit, so £96 cheaper overal (before the usual ECP 30% off), so worth some consideration. Has anyone used Bremi and been happy with the results ?

Cheers, Jamesj
 
4 years and 20k miles ago I fitted eurocarparts cheaper brand coils to my 996. Not sure what brand they were.

Still running great!


I once fitted a beru coil to a 1.4 golf that failed within a month. They replaced it but it was annoying.

PS check carparts4less, its eurocarparts but cheaper.
 
Thanks wasz.

I'll also check out the alternative website. I tend to always stick to OE or known OE suppliers, but there is such a differential here on a part that is fairly simple and Bremi appear to be a well respected specialist.

Cheers, James
 
Im afraid i cant comment on the Bremi but at work we always fit Beru and to the best of my knowledge have never had a problem with them and we are talking hundreds and moving into the thousands since ive been there .
 
I got my Beru from Design 911, they had a deal on 6. They have changed the design slightly to make them more impervious to corrosion which seems to be the main Achilles heel in them.
The other good price was Autodoc but they do take 3/4 days to turn up.
Whenever possible use OEM otherwise people will think you've been scrimping and if you've done it on this where else have you done it!
 
Hi All,

Thanks for the feedback, good points. Looks like I'll stick to Beru and buy a set when there is a deal on.


Thanks, James
 
There's a deal on with Autodoc at present, they work out at £25.17 each, which is cheaper than Design 911's price.
 
Autodoc have two different Beru coils - one much more expensive than the other. Anyone know what the difference is?

Thanks
 
OK, looking on the Beru website I can see the more expensive Beru coils on Autodoc are the new design and the cheaper ones are the old design.

Question is, will the new design last 30 per cent longer to justify the price? :D
 
The original problem was the shaft the bolts go through was not sealed ( water tight ) to the coil body which allowed water to corrode the sleeve and then the inner iron coil .

This was fixed by Beru early on and their after markets ones where sealed at that point.

Porsche seemed to have waited untill every possible car was out of warrenty (upto 10 years from new ) then had a new coil designed and probably told Beru to stop making the old ones which is why its hard to buy them now .

I have no idear why its twice the size but it is sealed at the weak point ( which Beru had done years before ) .

The Beru redesigned and the new one should no longer suffer corrosion and in theory last forever .. well .. untill it fails from another fault anyways .

Oh .. and the new fatter coil not only can be a bitch to fit it can also foul the heat sheild on several models .. sigh .
 
Thanks.

Just to clarify, does this mean the cheaper Beru items I bought will have the improved seals?
 
Pictures below .. the new type and you can see where it has been sealed verses the old type .

The Beru old type but NOT from Porsche will be sealed the same as the new type .
 

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Coils on most cars these days are a consumable anyway. My wifes old 06 golf munched through 2 sets in 80k miles.

The old design lasted well enough tbh, I rather suspect the redesign was for to make them cheaper make / fewer variations needed.

The "old style" genuine coils I took off my 996 had cracked bodies (but still worked), the bolt holes were fine.

Easy to inspect and change if needed every time you do the plugs.

In fact I just changed my plugs at the weekend, and my CP4L cheapies looked fine, no corrosion of bolt holes and no cracks after 20k all weather miles so they went back in.
 
Just had 4 new Beru's fitted on my 997.1 C4S yesterday.
They were £31.25 each + VAT from my local Indy but the benefit is that they took the car in immediately (I had it recovered) and did the work straight away even though they had bigger jobs on the ramp. I was back on the road overnight, so Kudos to them. A few quid more than buying on-line and waiting for them but with the convenience of a quick turnaround. :thumb:
 

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