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Title: mk 3 golf misfireing on cylinder 4
Post by: moffatt1990 on 01 April 2010, 14:37

my mk3 golf 1.8 has started to misfire slightly i pulled off the ht leads indevidualy and noticed when pulling number 4 off (closest to distrabuter cap) that there is no change to te way the engin runs wen i checked the plug it is sparking so i dont think it is the distrabuter cap

it has recently had new plugs and new fule filter

Title: Re: mk 3 golf misfireing on cylinder 4
Post by: tonysmallwood on 01 April 2010, 21:42

try new ht leads i had this on my gti and it was the ht leads

Title: Re: mk 3 golf misfireing on cylinder 4
Post by: SoundillusioN on 01 April 2010, 21:50

Before you spend any money you could swap lead 4 with 3 to see if the problem moves... if 3 starts missing then you know for sure its the lead.  :wink:

Title: Re: mk 3 golf misfireing on cylinder 4
Post by: moffatt1990 on 02 April 2010, 07:14

problem is stil on cylinder 4 iv just noticed there is water cuming from the exhast as wel im not sure if its related or just condensation ??

Title: Re: mk 3 golf misfireing on cylinder 4
Post by: Diamond Hell on 03 April 2010, 10:30

Are you losing water from the cooling system?

If not then it's condensation.

If you are then it's likely headgasket fail.

Title: Re: mk 3 golf misfireing on cylinder 4
Post by: moffatt1990 on 03 April 2010, 11:12

i have been losing water but i had a leak now the leak is fixed im waiting to c if it still going down but if it is it ist verry fast i was fearing it would b the head i am waiting to get a compretion tester dose any body no the corect cylinder presure ??  (mk3 golf 1.8 driver 90bhp)

Title: Re: mk 3 golf misfireing on cylinder 4
Post by: Diamond Hell on 03 April 2010, 13:22

Provided they're roughly the same across the pots it'll be fine.  If one's down it's time to scrap another Golf3  :grin:

Title: Re: mk 3 golf misfireing on cylinder 4
Post by: green gti on 10 April 2010, 22:26

sounds like headgasket !!! not a bad job to do.get the compression checked! should be over 140 ish,you will see if one is down.does it use water?oil level high??or burns it???start with these.