Check engine light but no other indicators - VW say OK to drive "but not too far"

[7ur7le]

give it the italian tune up

[The J Man]

give it the italian tune up

That's on my list of things to try before the service in January

[Call me Al]

Any evidence the Italian tune up works?

I keep telling my wife to 100% accelerate our R when going up on ramps to 100 kph.

[7ur7le]

Any evidence the Italian tune up works?

I keep telling my wife to 100% accelerate our R when going up on ramps to 100 kph.

when in doubt.. give it the italian tune up

[7ur7le]

Update: misfires are likely due to carbon deposits (195000km engine)

take the manifold off the engine and clean the cyclinders out urself by filling it with carb cleaner and a soft brush then paper tissue the gunk out (with the cylinder turned to close).. some guys make a home made tool with a dremel / rotary tool with with zip ties attached to it and use it to scrape the gunk off. apparantly doesnt damage the cylinder and works really well by their experience.

Theres some writeups online for them have a google.

[The J Man]

Thanks.. fortunately I have a brother who knows his way around cars so I’ll enlist hoist help with that

[The J Man]

Turns out it was spark plugs - apparently they are at least 100,000km old

d'oh