Scirocco Central

With this mileage and this engine (2.0TSI), and your symptoms of misfire, particularly when cold and on low RPM......i'd say its probably from intake valve carbon build up. If this engine has never been decoked by media blasting or manual mechnical cleaning with the intake manifold off - then it wi...

Not much of an update. I've been living with the intermittent misfire for almost 2,000 miles now, it's so minor I barely notice it. I have the car booked in at a VW specialist local to me on the 16th. £72 to diagnose the fault(s) seems reasonable to me. The outcome of the diagnostic will determine i...

I am booking the car in for a new timing chain, tensioners and water pump, just for peace of mind really since I've read some horror stories on the tensioners failing! Going to speak to the garage about whether they can diagnose the misfiring whilst they're working on the car. I'm aware this thread ...

Just an update. I have replaced the spark plugs with new NGK Platinum and this morning have replaced all four ignition coils with new Bosch ones. The misfire seems to have disappeared when the engine is warm or it's so subtle that I don't notice but driving when cold is still a bit jerky. I also bou...

Hi all, I've recently joined (see my introduction thread!) So I've bought my first Scirocco. It's a slightly older model being a 58 plate but it's still a nice car. It had a slightly misfire / hesitation when I test drove it but took a gamble as the car was pretty reasonably priced. I'm still new to...