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torty
16-06-2010, 06:55 PM
hi all
my mother inlaw has a 2004 golf 1.6 16v and it was missfiring so she put it in the local garage and they said it was the coil pack for cylinder 1 so replaced it with a new one it was ok for a couple of days then started to missfire again so back to the garage and this time replaced all 4 coil packs so this means number 1 has been replaced for the second time and again ok for a couple of days or so, now it is missfiring again so when i spoke to her she said that it missfires at idle and not when on a good run so i borrowed my brother inlaws vag reader pluged it in and it came up with p0301 now it can't be the coil pack so can anyone sugest what it could be.
thanks
torty

towcestervag
16-06-2010, 08:58 PM
ive had alot of these 16v golfs with sticking valve guides causing multiple missfires
carry out compression test