Do petrol cars have Coil Packs?

Sorry if this sounds like a ridiculous question but I'm clueless when it comes to the mechanical side of cars. My car is running lumpy and I've been told to try changing the coil pack as its common to break on these cars (2004 Ford Focus 1.6 Petrol). I said to my brother about it and he told me that no petrol cars have coil packs. I think he's wrong so I want a second opinion. Can anyone shed some light on this?

Thank you for your replies in advance and Merry Christmas!

Yes, petrol engines have coil packs unless they are older vehicles that still use a distributor ( in which case it still has an ignition coil but one coil supplies the juice and it is the distributor's job to send the electricity to the correct cylinder and the correct time ).

It's diesel engines that don't use ignition coils as they are compression-ignition. A petrol engine requires a spark plug to ignite the fuel/air mixture within the cylinder and that spark plug is fired by electricity supplied from the ignition coil(s).

Since both you and your brother have no clue how to diagnose car problems how about you quit guessing and let an experienced mechanic fix your problem before it ruins the motor?! You will just waste your money trying to play mechanic.

All gasoline cars have to have a coil to fire the spark plugs. It can be one big coil for all of the plugs or a smaller coil, one for every plug.

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