Think i may have done something bad??!!

[ntails]

Went and picked up my gf from work just now and was giving it a little nudge on the way home(nothing serious though) and all of a sudden i was running on 3 cylinders!! Drove another 1km up the road to my house and i started to run ok so went around the block again.....back on 3 cylinders???? What the F$%^* have i done??? Any help would be Very much appreciated!

[ntails]

its a 01 mk4 gti golf by the way.

[DUB 20V]

more than likley it will be either a spark plug craped it self, or ignition control module its on the side of the air box or a coil pack not that bad dont worry i doubt you would have a major prob like a blow motor

[ntails]

Cheers DUB 20V, was doing a little reading on ukmkvis.net and they were saying ign amp. Any way of figuring out what the problem is without buying new parts or vagcomming it? Don't want to have to buy new parts if i don't need them.

[Blitzen]

Sounds like plug or coil pack...was it only doing it under load, or all of the time?

[ntails]

It first dropped when i was reving pretty hard, then it kept running on 3 even when i let it idle.

[Blitzen]

How long is it sice you did your plugs? I would replace them first, then toubleshoot from there, but thats just me.

[DUB 20V]

It first dropped when i was reving pretty hard, then it kept running on 3 even when i let it idle.

did it sound like a wrx?

[ntails]

I've only had the car for a couple of months so not sure how long the plugs have been in it?
Yeah sounded exactly like a wrx.

[ntails]

Well after a trip down to repco and a set of bosch plugs on sale for 44cents each (couldn't get anything else anyway), the car is running great again.
I don't think i will ever fix a problem for that little money every again.
Thanks for your help guys!

[gtimk5]

44 cent spark plugs?? I dont reckon you would have the correct long life plugs now and it will pay you to get the correct ones later on.
I am glad that you have sorted out the problem though.
Andrew

[ntails]

They are Bosch F7LTCR. Aren't these the same as factory?

[gtimk5]

My Bosch book is showing FR 7 KPP33+ for the AGU motor.
Not having a go at you, just suggesting.
Cheers, Andrew

[ntails]

Cheers for that mate i'll check it out. I was going off an old thread on here that listed all the different plug codes.

[gtimk5]

No probs at all mate, we are here to help each other.
Andrew