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Offline blackburn

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power loss and stutter
« on: March 06, 2010, 07:41:42 pm »
A warning light came on today wasnt  driving hard or anythin as th mrs  was in with me and car started playing up best way to describe it is.

"You put your foot down and the car sort of stutters before picking up?"


Any ideas anybody?
Any body have vcds in blackburn accrington area?

thanks for looking lee


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Re: power loss and stutter
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2010, 07:43:03 pm »
coil packs ?
has it gone away ?, have you tried it since
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Re: power loss and stutter
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2010, 07:58:54 pm »
When it first happened light went out then came back on 10 min later and has stayed on. Car is dsg and it seems to happen when i give it  a little gas it like tries to go stutters then picks up seems ok in higher revs. Also has apr stage 1

thanks lee

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Re: power loss and stutter
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2010, 11:45:57 pm »
Same thing happened on my Porsche.  Coil packs replaced under warranty.
Problem solved.
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Re: power loss and stutter
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2010, 10:36:26 am »
Where are the coil packs?  :popcornsoda:

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Re: power loss and stutter
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2010, 12:07:28 pm »
They cover your spark plugs.
You need to take the engine cover off.

Think they are about £40 each. Hoprlefully someone will give you a part number and price.
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Re: power loss and stutter
« Reply #6 on: March 07, 2010, 01:51:03 pm »
Sounds coil pack ish. I've had three replaced under warranty in the past.

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Re: power loss and stutter
« Reply #7 on: March 07, 2010, 03:10:39 pm »
Are these coil packs something that should be replaced after a certain number of miles?

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Re: power loss and stutter
« Reply #8 on: March 07, 2010, 03:43:06 pm »
Still gor warranty so will call vw. Can i use any dealer or do i have to go back to dealer i bought it from? Will it  cause any damage driving it?

Thanks for answers still no one with vcds round blackburn area would be nice to check it before it goes in thanks again

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Re: power loss and stutter
« Reply #9 on: March 07, 2010, 03:50:54 pm »
Still gor warranty so will call vw. Can i use any dealer or do i have to go back to dealer i bought it from? Will it  cause any damage driving it?

Thanks for answers still no one with vcds round blackburn area would be nice to check it before it goes in thanks again
Any dealers will do, i wouldnt go mad driving it, but you should be ok to get to the garage, in extreme cases the coil packs have caught fire though  :confused:

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Re: power loss and stutter
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2010, 03:56:43 pm »
Coil Pack part no. is (well for Skoda Octavia vRS which has same engine) 07K 905 715 F

About £30ish each

If they cover them under warranty then dealer can do it. If not it's a 2 min job to replace yourself. Like this

Remove the Engine Cover - Just pull upwards gently but firmly DONT YANK and it will pop off the 4 Lugs that hold it in place. Also if you have an Aftermarket intake and heat shield remove those aswell. Your Engine will look something like this.



Next remove the 2 Screws that hold the Coil Pack Loom in place. Don't Panic if you don't have them they are not vital :grin:



Next Disconnect the Coil Pack loom by pushing the tab down and gently pushing back to the rear of the engine. Do the same for all 4 Connectors.





Next remove coil packs. Just lift up again don't yank and i stored them in the order they came out so that they went back to the same cylinder.



Then just the reverse to put a new one in and put back together

Simples :smiley:

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Re: power loss and stutter
« Reply #11 on: March 07, 2010, 05:00:19 pm »
all good advice, but I would also suggest VCDS  to confirm the misfires are limited to one cylinder.

common test is to swap the 'potential' problem pack to another cylinder and see if the problem jumps to that cylinder...
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Re: power loss and stutter
« Reply #12 on: March 08, 2010, 10:58:05 am »

 :popcornsoda:

Mmmm... nice DIY. 

Sure my coil packs are ok, but just about everything else that would/could cause a mis-fire has had to be replaced. They're on my hit-list next.
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Re: power loss and stutter
« Reply #13 on: March 08, 2010, 01:42:29 pm »
I had similar symptons the day after I bought my GTI. In the end it was both a coildpack AND spark plug that were dead. Both replaced and the car drove fine.

Recently though, I had some stuttering and power loss which then developed into a pssssshhhh sound and warning light. This was a boost leak caused by a failed dv. Replaced the dv and the engine is now better than it has ever been  :happy2: