Toby 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 all of a sudden my car started sounding really rough yesterday - like a chugging sound and a loss of some power when I accelerate. It's been fine until now, just wondered if anyone had any thoughts? I wondered if it could be something as simple as dirt in the fuel or something? Link to post Share on other sites
dusty_mauve 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 Sounds like a missfire to me mate, have you checked all your plug leads and plugs? Link to post Share on other sites
Toby 0 Posted June 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 no not as yet - I went away this weekend so just kind of put it in the garage and forgot about it for a couple of days! I'll certainly check them out though, thanks Link to post Share on other sites
MarkVRsix 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I left my car for 3 weeks while I went on holiday over christmas, came back and it started chuggging straight away when i started it, no power ran like a piece of crap, was running rich and was creating more heat than normal. Turned out it was the coil pack Link to post Share on other sites
Toby 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 ok, so where is that, and did you just need to change it or get a new one(for those not particularly mechanical like me!)? I have checked all plugs and leads and these all seem to be fine Link to post Share on other sites
Max VR6 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 Same happened to me and it was the coil pack, about Link to post Share on other sites
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Max VR6 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I would imagine so, mine was done free at VW because i had spent a lot of money the previous month (circa Link to post Share on other sites
MarkVRsix 0 Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I'm not mechanically minded either so can't be much help with that! I know it was Link to post Share on other sites
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