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Originally Posted by rusty_g80
If the coil is dead the car would vibrate pretty violently at idle and would be lacking power at higher RPMs. Dead coil would no doubt throw a misfire code. Don't deive too long with bad coil as it will cause catalitic converter to fail. If the vibration is low to moderate I would check Vanos solenoids and eccentric shaft sensor.
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Agreed on the bad coil, I can check my paperwork and provide the exact code it would throw. Send me a PM if I forget or cant find this thread again.
I had a vanos solenoid replaced (exhaust i think) ~60-70K and it threw a CEL code and was missing at the higher RPM's.