Is my S60's ETM failing?

[shimon340]

seems odd that 5 coil packs were split...as you say shrouds are coil packs...dya have any pics you could post please?

also odd that bosch couldnt supply them....your car is quite young! bosch still supply HT leads (not the original supplier to volvo but no that that matters) for 300 series

[DurhamRed]

Hi, just to clarify - 4 out of the 5 coil packs were unserviceable due to the shroud part of the pack breaking up. When the packs were taken out to allow access to the spark plugs the rubber shrouding on 4 of them was brittle and splitting. In fact you could crumble the rubber by rolling it between finger and thumb! Its amazing my car was running at all.
The mechanic tried to buy only the shroud part but unfortunately Bosch don't supply them anymore - you have to purchase the coil pack as a full assembly, it made sense then to replace all 5 - a job I hope doesn't need repeating whilst i own the car. The car was subsequently fitted with OE packs at a cost of £50 each ex vat.