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Originally Posted by ein
When was the timing belt done? I'm no MK4 or 1.8T guy but I know the VW is not kidding about the timing belt interval. I'd start looking for a compression tester and a good VW tech. Hit up vortex (or the dealer) for the proper plugs too. The timing belt thing is a worst case scenario but they are known for having issues with them if they are not done per the factory's interval (it might have jumped time). G/L let us know how you make out.
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Hey, yea I just got the car so I dunno if it was done. I doubt that it was. I'm at 82k miles, I think its every 60k its supposed to be done on the 1.8t? Not sure. But if the belt jumped and the timing skipped, wouldn't my motor self destruct in 1.54347 seconds lol. Even so, if it skipped timing wouldn't the valves make some sort of noise? Tap and/or knock? The motor is quiet, aside from the misfire/shakeing.
I'm starting to think my coils are bad, maybe 2 or 3 of them and there not firing and it caused excess oil/fuel to burn and create the white smoke I'm seeing. Like I said, no smoke until the new plugs were put in. Maybe the new plugs are firing now and the oil that was on the coils, even tho I cleaned them, its reacting to the spark plug that's now firing???
Forgot to add I had a misfire cel for a few days before this. Cyl 3. My plugs were toast when I changed them. Toast as-in completly white and burnt.