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engine misfire - 2/16/2007 7:28:16 PM

01boostedb5

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well this morning i was driving and on hard excelleration my engine started to miss, then i scanned it at work and found it was cyl. 2, first i looked at it and it seemed as if the coils were not down all the way, pushed them in and still did it, so i replaced the coil, still did it, but it was getting worse, so i thought maybe the plugs got cracked from wiggling the coils around, so i replaced those too, still no better, can someone help me out please, thank you

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RE: engine misfire - 2/16/2007 11:33:35 PM

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If you replaced the plugs and wires, it the coil pack. It's pretty expensive, mine was little over $200....but it runs better than before. Try that, if that doesn't work I dunno, but at least you have 2 packs just in case..lol.

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RE: engine misfire - 2/17/2007 9:43:18 AM

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my car does not have wires, its coil on plug, unlike a vr6, i hate coils, but the coils are only 25 bucks

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RE: engine misfire - 2/17/2007 4:15:52 PM

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Oh yea that's right....well, anyways it makes it a little harder then. I'm not really sure man, I've only dealt with a couple Passats.

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RE: engine misfire - 2/18/2007 10:49:50 AM

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My GTI had the same problem. The #2 cylinder coil would always be higher than the other coils, causing a misfire. I changed the plugs and that worked. What plugs did you put in?

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RE: engine misfire - 2/18/2007 1:35:41 PM

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well i figured it out, i need a new coil wire harness, the connecter going to #2 is bad, i guess its somewhat of a common problem.

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