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No — the Mercedes-Benz Vario was exclusively diesel-powered throughout its production life, using engines such as the OM904 and related four-cylinder diesel units, and diesel engines do not use coil packs or any spark-ignition system at all. Coil packs are a petrol ignition component and were never fitted to any variant of the Vario. If your Vario is misfiring or has an ignition-related fault code, you are most likely looking for a diesel component such as injectors, glow plugs, or a glow plug relay instead.
That is almost certainly a mistake — the Vario was built as a diesel-only commercial vehicle and has no petrol ignition system, so there is no coil pack to replace. It is possible the supplier has confused it with a petrol Mercedes model, or a fault has been misdiagnosed. A diesel specialist or Mercedes-trained mechanic would be better placed to identify the actual faulty component, which is more likely to be a glow plug, injector, or fuel system part.
For ignition-related cold-start or running problems on a Vario, glow plugs and the glow plug relay are the diesel equivalents worth investigating first. If the engine is running rough or misfiring, injectors or the fuel injection pump are more likely culprits than anything spark-related. Confirm the exact fault with a diesel specialist before ordering any parts, as the correct component will depend on the specific engine code and fault presented.
No — unlike some other Mercedes vans and cars of the same era, the Vario (produced from 1996 and sold in the UK as a heavier-duty light commercial and minibus platform) was never offered with a petrol engine in any specification. Every Vario left the factory with a diesel engine, so no variant of this model would ever have been fitted with a coil pack at any point in its production run.