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Offline barrym381

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misfire on full throttle
« on: 30 December 2013, 20:04 »
as above have a misfire on full boost any ideas  :smiley: oh its an agu an my guess would be ignition amp but just thought I would ask for another opinion

Offline Chris.

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Re: misfire on full throttle
« Reply #1 on: 31 December 2013, 00:07 »
maf, coil, plug, fuel filter, fuel pump, lambda....

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Re: misfire on full throttle
« Reply #2 on: 31 December 2013, 02:22 »
Can be any of the things listed by chris. Best get it on vagcom bud :wink:
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Offline joshstanvw

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Re: misfire on full throttle
« Reply #3 on: 01 January 2014, 00:45 »
Ignition amp won't show on vagcom
AGU coils are very rare to fail
When my amp went it was a full time constant misfire.
maf may show on vagcom I have a spare maf that you can try/have if you are near portsmouth

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Re: misfire on full throttle
« Reply #4 on: 01 January 2014, 00:47 »
Lol just see ur in Glasgow can't really get further away

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Offline gazareth

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Re: misfire on full throttle
« Reply #5 on: 01 January 2014, 02:23 »
Lol just see ur in Glasgow can't really get further away
you can you know. there is about 250 miles of land north of Glasgow before you reach the sea :laugh: anyway problem defo sounds like an ht breakdown at high load. did you have your coils replaced? :laugh: or could be fuel pressure fault.
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Offline barrym381

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Re: misfire on full throttle
« Reply #6 on: 01 January 2014, 15:16 »
Lol just see ur in Glasgow can't really get further away
you can you know. there is about 250 miles of land north of Glasgow before you reach the sea :laugh: anyway problem defo sounds like an ht breakdown at high load. did you have your coils replaced? :laugh: or could be fuel pressure fault.
an ht breakdown please explain  :smiley:

Offline gazareth

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Re: misfire on full throttle
« Reply #7 on: 05 January 2014, 16:06 »
ht as in high tension :smiley:. coils/plugs/ht leads

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Re: misfire on full throttle
« Reply #8 on: 05 January 2014, 16:18 »
ht as in high tension :smiley:. coils/plugs/ht leads
ht leads  :whistle:

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Re: misfire on full throttle
« Reply #9 on: 05 January 2014, 16:30 »
ht as in high tension :smiley:. coils/plugs/ht leads
ht leads  :whistle:
just for the record. your car wont have ht leads :whistle: