Hi,
Got our 2002 1.6 FSI back from the dealer today after a full service and timing belt.
We live in Dublin and had it serviced in Belfast. My wife drove it back and it was running very well.
However, I went out in it this evening and it was fine for a mile or so. I stopped to fill it with petrol and it was fine again for another mile. Then it started misfiring on acceleration and the engine light flashed. It's running, but not very well at all. Fine at idle and slow driving, but misfires on acceleration.
I've heard that this could be a coil pack? We only have the car a few weeks and the PO had all four replaced about six months ago.
I really want to avoid taking it back up to the main dealer if possible. The PO gave me a spare coil pack. Is it worth trying it on each cylinder until hopefully I find the faulty one?
The plugs were also changed at the service so I suppose it could also be a faulty plug but I would have thought that a plug problem would have shown up immediately.
Is it possible that all the work on the car "upset" one of the coil packs? I believe they can fail if you look at them crooked.
Sods law. Why didn't it happen when we were driving away from the dealership
Got our 2002 1.6 FSI back from the dealer today after a full service and timing belt.
We live in Dublin and had it serviced in Belfast. My wife drove it back and it was running very well.
However, I went out in it this evening and it was fine for a mile or so. I stopped to fill it with petrol and it was fine again for another mile. Then it started misfiring on acceleration and the engine light flashed. It's running, but not very well at all. Fine at idle and slow driving, but misfires on acceleration.
I've heard that this could be a coil pack? We only have the car a few weeks and the PO had all four replaced about six months ago.
I really want to avoid taking it back up to the main dealer if possible. The PO gave me a spare coil pack. Is it worth trying it on each cylinder until hopefully I find the faulty one?
The plugs were also changed at the service so I suppose it could also be a faulty plug but I would have thought that a plug problem would have shown up immediately.
Is it possible that all the work on the car "upset" one of the coil packs? I believe they can fail if you look at them crooked.
Sods law. Why didn't it happen when we were driving away from the dealership