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Sorry for that

Swap your coils and see if misfires happen again in other cylinder! This is the basic test to see if your coil needs to be replaced !

I think red is always the right choice!

Have you evaluated the play of the axle of the old turbo ?

The procedure with VCP is not a secret anymore.
I do the same procedure without VCP: I program straight the EEPROM.
Here the VCP procedure :

http://youtu.be/g9x7IuEaHJQ


My Golf:

http://youtu.be/Bf8loXinepM


Good luck

What is your MY ?

At first, Have you checked the coil pack ?
Right now my 1.4 has 100.000km with no issue. At 80.000km I replaced the coil pack due to misfires on 2 cylinders

Yes, in fact my MY 2011, September 2010, was born with the software upgrade but if you look on ETKA you can see the pistons code change later and later from MY 2012 and MY2013 ... You know if revised pistons have same ETKA code or not ? I ask you that 'cause if you compare a MY2009 and a MY2011 ETKA...

OK thank you for the link.
I heard first model has software with bad knock sensors management. You know if it is true and a cause of the issue?

Thank you for your answer! 60 plate means which model year and date?

Hi! So every 1.4 engine has this issue? What your mechanic say about the engine problem?
Thanks!

On Golf with CAVD engine we all mount from a long time the B version of spark plug with any problem. The B version is the right part!

Hi guys. Thanks for your advice. I have taken the car off the garage's hands and had my mechanic friend have a look at the engine (to keep costs down!). He sent the following pics of the piston/head I thought I would upload. I'll be contacting my VW garage in Ashford, Kent to see what they say (I t...

Great CAR and great colour!!!