coil packs on s4 V8

[Andy70]

how do you get that red housing off the leads that go into the coil packs with out breaking it? I have a misfire ad assume its the pencil coil, so was going to diagnose as to which one it was the old fashioned way by pulling a coil out one at a time and seeing if the tick over drops even more, however there seems to be a ridged housing which covers the wires that go into the coil pack, so cant pull out one lead individually. I really don't want to be paying a garage for this seemingly easy job I can do myself that I have always done on my cars over the years, not to mention being without a car for a day and bothering people for a lift to work :-( HELP PLEASE!!! :-)

[Andy70]

Umm not sure its what I'm looking for, like I said is it not possible to pull the leads off 1 at a time to diagnose the faulty one? this guy in the link was putting them in a microwave or 'smashing them with a hammer???' I just want to remove a coil at a time

[Andy70]

I wonder if I could buy a cheap diagnostic device that would tell me which cylinder is failing then remove as those pics described? I really don't want to be beaten by this, I've never taken a car to a garage for something like this before, its an easy job :-)

[Andy70]

Brilliant and where does the scanner plug in? That's a great help

[Andy70]

thank you very much mate, that's brilliant, so how does the machine work, do you just plug it in, start the engine and it come up with a code you then have to translate from where exactly?

[Andy70]

brilliant guys, thanks very much, save on pointless garage bills and the hassle of being without a car, just have to wait for the device to arrive as its been ordered already, just have to nurse the car till then.

[Andy70]

Oh right, are they likely to be on an 8 car? No idea what they'd look like, there is no writing on them. It's a 2003 model

[Andy70]

Bloody phone, meant to say 86k car 😅

[Andy70]

Yeah will do, cheers for that