OIL IN COIL HELP PLZ

[17gti]

hi ive got a 1990 golf gti 1.8 8v and i just started the car today as dident start the car for 3 days and that cars got a realy bad miss fire the ideling still the same its just when you rev it like just missfires all the way up the revs and i was wondering what it couled be and is there meant to be oil on the ht lead that coes into the coil on mine i have oil in the lead and the coil i cleaned it then put it back and then it was on there again so couled that be the proplem the coil thanks

[Veedubgt18v]

sounds like oil is leaking up thru your distributor,    dunno about this tho i presume you mean distributor cos the coil is up near the water bottle

[17gti]

no i realy mean there is like oil from the coil i dont mean pooring out but oils there  the little bottle looking thig next to the water bottle where the lead runs from the distribitour cap to the coil when i took the lead of there was oil

[jimbo]

thats cos your coil is oil filled matey 
just get a new coil. there not that exspensive and it is one component ruled out to solve your misfire problem.