Sefton-EP91 Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 I understand that this is a starlet forum but I know there are some clued up guys and girls on this forum that may be able to help. As above I have a 3 cylinder polo 1.2 12v 2005 that I am using temporally whilst my car is in for forging.I was on a small journey heading to Tesco's when the car developed a major misfire. It seems to be mainly on idle, the engine management light has come on but I haven't managed to get a diagnostic Machiene on it yet. I have heard that the coil packs are very common on them what's everyone's thoughts? I have also heard that they tend to burnt out exhaust valves. Which again is a bit worrying..? Any advise would be highly appreciated! Thanks Quote
morgey Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 Check the plugs, Will give you an idea of whats going on inside the chambers.Get some pics of each and we can give you a verdict. My initial thought was coilpack tbh Quote
Sefton-EP91 Posted September 17, 2014 Author Posted September 17, 2014 My initial thoughts were coil packs as they are quite a common faults as far as I'm aware my second port of call would have been injectors. I will plug her in tomorrow and feedback with my faults including some pics of spark plugs. The car has done 14k miles from new so hoping its nothing serious ... :/ Quote
morgey Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 Lol why doesn't this surprise me good old Vw 'reliability' hahaLet us know what you come up with anyway im sure we can help Quote
karl. Posted September 17, 2014 Posted September 17, 2014 Currently in the middle of rebuilding one of these at the minute only the 6v version.Sadly they have a case of burning the exhaust valves out and I think the 12v version is just as bad. Best just to do a compression test on it but it's the most likely problem Quote
Sefton-EP91 Posted September 18, 2014 Author Posted September 18, 2014 Went to work this morning, unfortunately I forgot to take my phone with me but the plugs looks good. I have solved the problem which was my initial thought of coil pack. I done a diag test and found a cyl 2 misfire fault so I swapped number 1 & 2 coil pack and erased my faults and the fault moved to cyl 1. Problem solved. Brought a coil pack and fitted. Runs a treat again thanks for your help guys. Much appreciated. Quote
maddox710 Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 Common problems were injectors on all 3 cylinder vag Quote
ROTABOOST Posted September 18, 2014 Posted September 18, 2014 VAG coils are always terrible lol! I have a customer with an S3, had him in every couple of weeks for a coil, I did advise to change the all at once but hey......what do I know ;) Quote
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