POLO GTI HELP

KEVSGTI · Post by **KEVSGTI** » Tue May 31, 2005 8:25 pm

Hi guys just wondering if anyone has experienced any trouble with their polo gti misfiring ?

Got my polo gti serviced a couple of weeks ago and plugs got changed, started missing a bit since then and now its worse,took it back and they checked it out but cant find anything wrong.

Has anyone experienced this before ???

satin gti · Post by **satin gti** » Tue May 31, 2005 8:56 pm

SNAP!!! mines the same after a service. going to change H T leads

KEVSGTI · Post by **KEVSGTI** » Tue May 31, 2005 9:53 pm

i was going to try that too mate spoke to the mechanic who serviced it and he said that quite often one of the leads can get damaged slightly removing them to fit the plugs. Will you let me know if a new set of leads solves your problem mate?

inder · Post by **inder** » Tue May 31, 2005 10:11 pm

do you mean it like makes a loud noise when you turn the ignition now and then, like a vrooooooooom??

KEVSGTI · Post by **KEVSGTI** » Tue May 31, 2005 10:14 pm

No mate when accelerating at low revs it misses a bit then acceleerates. It kind of shudders a little bit before it starts to rev. Hard to describe

satin gti · Post by **satin gti** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:21 pm

yeah thats totaly the same as mine!! vw said it was could be my gear box but thats bullsh*T Dont no when i will get the chance to get the leads but will tell you if it sorts it. am 99% sure it will.

DMWRIGHT · Post by **DMWRIGHT** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:18 pm

Ok bare with me, does sometimes it turns over but doesn't start?

Or it starts but idles higher than 10,000 and then drops below about 8,000 after you release the clutch??

Does sometimes it struggle to pull smoothly throughout the rev range with the car out of gear and or in gear ??

KEVSGTI · Post by **KEVSGTI** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:39 pm

No mate it starts and idles no problems.

But when accelerating at low revs in 2nd,3rd or 4th gear it gives a little shudder before accelerating.Its a kind of delay before acceleration. It only does it sometimes not all the time. I am positive its the spark plug leads just wondered if anyone else had this problem and what it was.

moynas · Post by **moynas** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 12:23 pm

Had the Gti seviced y/day and guess what it missfire like hell! 2nd 3rd and 4th at low revs is sooooo nasty!

No where to get leads today so will have to wait untill mon!

What a pain in the bottom

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 2:11 pm

Had mine serviced last Tuesday and so far so good, she's running smoothly with no ill effects. Lucky me!

KEVSGTI · Post by **KEVSGTI** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 4:27 pm

I managed to get a set of new HT Leads today and it has cured the problem. Its a completley diffferent car to drive.The garage must have damaged my old ones when taking them off to change the plugs. Only downside is i had to settle for black leads as the red ones were proving too difficult to get.

NickP · Post by **NickP** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 8:29 pm

My car has been misfiring since i got it, i think. But it only does it now and then, pretty rarely to be honest. Was gonna post a question on here but i didn't really know how to describe it

I only seem to get it in second i think

satin gti · Post by **satin gti** » Sat Jun 11, 2005 9:10 pm

got my leads this week but vw fuckd up n gave me two A leads a C and D. so have had to get B lead sent up from down south!!! the leads are red. n how do you get the old ones out and new in????

moynas · Post by **moynas** » Sun Jun 12, 2005 3:04 pm

Right thought id check my leads out noticed that the A and D leads have corroded to the dis cap looks like lime scale on the points!

Cleaned um up and its sorted the misfir'in out a lil bit but gunna get new leads and dis cap!

Why wasn't this checked out in the sevice vw mechanics p*** me off!