misfiring 8v !!

[90 red 8v]

The timing has been checked at the service and it was spot on (good compression as well). I have a new coil sat on my passenger seat just waiting for the rain to stop!! .

i asked a golf breakers for sugestions and he thought that it was far more likely to be the ecu than the dizzy!

It has been losing some water as well, about 1/3 ltr for 500 miles, but I can't find a leak and the heater doesn't smell or mist the car up. It doesn't seem to mis when it is cold and the mis seems to be electical as it is a very harsh miss, very abrupt.

Oh well, just have to work through it all systimaticaly I geuss :'(

Cheers

Craig

[golfvr6]

Get a compression test done, if you are losing water but can't see where it is going then its worth getting checked out. Could be the start of the headgasket going, hopefully not!

[90 red 8v]

I had the compression checked at the service at it was spot on according to the mechanic. I changed the coil and dizzy this morning, and in the 15 miles I have done in it, it didn't mis once  . Whist we where doing it we found that the top rad hose was slightly lose and when it was pushed to one side it leaked slightly, so hopefully I have cured both problems. Only time will tell.

Is it normal for the header tank to be so dark a plastic that you can't realy tell what the water level is? Its got the round 'ball' header tank. If not, how  much is a new one?

Cheers

Craig

[golfvr6]

A new one is about ?25. You should be able to clean out the old one if you take it off.

[90 red 8v]

Thanks, might get one next time in at eurocars.
300 miles since I changed the bits, and not a mis-fire in sight