Just when I thought I had finally sorted out the small isues with the S2 it started to misfire badly last night, it was strange as it was fine driving to my mates but then as soon as I started it when I left it was running on 4 
I got some plugs for it today and a customer of mine who runs a VW garage sorted me out with a new coil on plug to try when I got in from work. As soon as I got in from work I fired the car p to go to the workshop and to my suprise it was running fine, typically this only lasted a few miles and the constant misfire came back, checks showed number 4 wasn't sparking so I replaced all the plugs and fitted the vw coil and we were back in business, now this is the strange bit :
The car was now running better than ever and to be fair I was considering changing all the coils as there was noticably better response from the engine and a much nicer idle, ofcourse in true S2 fashion another problem appeared
whilst I was chatting to a mate and I'd left the car idling it just randomly cut out, I restarted it and it was fine but then whilst driving home it cut out as I slowed to turn a corner then done the same again pulling onto my drive
What coils does the 034 setup use, are the passat coil on plugs ok to use or is there and known issues with using them ? it was a genuine VAG part and it would appear the ones used were not genuine coils or atleast weren't marked. It might have nothing to do with the coil but I can't see what else it could be, the ignition barrel is iffy but there is no way I touched it and all 3 times its stalled i've been off the throttle but its too sudden to be idle control or similar, it literally cuts out.
I got some plugs for it today and a customer of mine who runs a VW garage sorted me out with a new coil on plug to try when I got in from work. As soon as I got in from work I fired the car p to go to the workshop and to my suprise it was running fine, typically this only lasted a few miles and the constant misfire came back, checks showed number 4 wasn't sparking so I replaced all the plugs and fitted the vw coil and we were back in business, now this is the strange bit :
The car was now running better than ever and to be fair I was considering changing all the coils as there was noticably better response from the engine and a much nicer idle, ofcourse in true S2 fashion another problem appeared
whilst I was chatting to a mate and I'd left the car idling it just randomly cut out, I restarted it and it was fine but then whilst driving home it cut out as I slowed to turn a corner then done the same again pulling onto my drive What coils does the 034 setup use, are the passat coil on plugs ok to use or is there and known issues with using them ? it was a genuine VAG part and it would appear the ones used were not genuine coils or atleast weren't marked. It might have nothing to do with the coil but I can't see what else it could be, the ignition barrel is iffy but there is no way I touched it and all 3 times its stalled i've been off the throttle but its too sudden to be idle control or similar, it literally cuts out.
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