Bournemouth James 0 Posted December 17, 2003 not too sure how many of you are familyer with the 20vt engine, but i have a problem with mine somtimes at low revs, it misfires, then a big bang comes from the exhaust, then everything goes dead for a spilt second, the exauast sometimes pops normally, but nothing as loud as this, also somtimes when im accelerating it also missfires. other times it just runs nomally any ideas? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joe M 0 Posted December 17, 2003 I think its common to get the coil packs failing on the 20vt. Dont know if you will have them though depending on what management system was used in the conversion. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bournemouth James 0 Posted December 17, 2003 o yeah, the previous owner said somthing about the coil packs failing, i will look into it It uses the golf management aswell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bishthefish 0 Posted December 17, 2003 coil packs are the normal failure point on that lump as Joe M pointed out, similar to plug leads breaking down on 16v golfs etc. :evil: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_mat 0 Posted December 17, 2003 The coil packs usually go in the cold snaps .. er .. like now then! Yeah, if it's an engine made in around 2000 -> 2001 there's a strong possibility you will need to replace all the coil packs before the year is out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
20v turbo 0 Posted December 17, 2003 if it is the coil packs then depending on which engine youve got vw should replace them foc due to the fact of a reliablity problem,they vw say that because it isnt a safty issue then there was/is no need for a recall.stealers are replacing them as and when they go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amy 0 Posted December 18, 2003 we removed our coil packs and put coil & plug leads in vw have reduced the price alot on the replacement coil packs as so many were fauuty :? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bournemouth James 0 Posted December 18, 2003 i think the engine was made before 2000, because it is a AGU block, i did find a reciept for a coil pack in the history folder, so one of them has been replaced at some point and it wasnt that expensive How do i go about finding which one is faulty? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dr_mat 0 Posted December 18, 2003 Remove them, AFAIK the broken one is very obvious when you look at it. Or plug it into the diags at your local stealer, or VAGCOM or whatever and it'll tell ya! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin Bacon 5 Posted December 18, 2003 The HT side of the ignition is not monitored by VAG-COM :( All the ECU concerns itself with is sending a LT signal to the coilpacks. And then it will probably moan about the resultant excess fuel hitting the lambda probe! Shame VR6 coilpacks aren't subject to a free replacement as they are equally dire! K Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
