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Originally Posted by deemsriddle View Post
Welcome to the wonderful world of coils. When an old coil goes bad, a new coil may not work either. I know because it has happened to me.You might try to find an old black Bosch coil that tests good. You should get a number of responses on this site from people that are more knowledgeable than me
This. You can go buy 4 brand new coils from the Porsche dealer and 2 or 3 will be garbage non functional trash, with no guarantee the 4th works. They are all the silver coil made in Brazil.

I have a 85 and it is the 3.2 engine with no CDI box. I had to buy a used 35 year old Bosch black coil to get a good reliable coil. To find a new coil, that is the proper voltage, and will work 100% of the time is just a sad challenge.

Good luck!
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