'02 X 4.0L V6 Ignition coils

[Cdaddy78]

I'm not really sure if this meets criteria for this forum or not, but looking at some of the other posts, I feel better about it. No, I'm not in dire need to go to my girlfriend's, but until I get my X back, I can't work, I do work with my X. My X is OOC, although being worked on, but the issue here is that I might not be able to pay for the repairs for a little bit, the guy at the dealership is blaming the repairs on my aftermarket alarm, which would not allow my warranty to cover it. My question here, I wanted to see if anyone knew if the remote start wire, that connects to the ignition coils (I believe) could cause the coils to go bad. Sorry, I have a viper alarm, remote start installed, the wire that connects to the coils was laying against the manifold, melted through, and thus the conclusion that it was the cause. A little background in my doubt, the same wire has melted through before, and just wouldn't allow my remote start to operate. Next, I took the X through the car wash, and after that happened, it was really in bad shape, seemed like a cylinder was misfiring to me. I got it home, got out of the X, it shut off by itself, and I heard a sizzle, saw and smelled smoke. (not good) In any event, would not start after that. Any help on that would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[james t]

it could have been the wire. or it could have been just a crappy coilpack(s). my moms stock 2000 F150 has needed 5 so far. first one went under 20k miles.