Road trip tomorrow and now have a missfire

[blackbeetle99]

Ok hotels booked going on a weeks holiday driving around Spain and France and the car has just started to judder when I accelerate. The check light has just come on aswell on the dash board. The car had a oil and air filter change by a local mechanic and he said its a injection fault whats your experience??
Can the car still be driven it only missfires from 2500 rpm to around 3200rpm?

[FarrisK]

Try and get a reading for which code is making the CEL come on. I'm assuming you're located somewhere in Euro-land, so I'm not sure how you would go about doing that.

Once you find out, let us know so we can help!

[beej]

When is the last time you changed the spark plugs AND the wires? Mine likes a new set every 30k or so...and reusing the same wires isn't a good idea...they seem to develop microcracks easily.

[blackbeetle99]

Hi folks just a update I tried all the vw dealers in my area of Spain Valencia and they said I would have to wait untill monday. So with a hotel booked and a nagging girlfriend I drove it 4 hours to Andorra without any break down just a judder under acceleration but at a constant 85mph the girl was happy. so monday I will try a dealership (local) to get help

[blackbeetle99]

Just letting you know the problem was a damaged HT lead and shes running sweet again. I have a bill of €80.00 euros to present to the mechanic that damaged the lead by not using the correct tool.

[my99vdub]

Glad that you found someone to diagnose and correct the problem!