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98 tsi awd problem

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idkiliketurbos

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Mar 2, 2009
Appleton, Wisconsin
Hello. Like the title states, I have a problem with my car. Yes, I have searched. When im accelerating, at about 60% throttle or more, the car will seem to not fire. When the throttle isn't up in the 85%-100%, it will only jerk a little bit. But when the throttle is about 85%-100%, it will miss in big amounts. When i say this i mean i can watch my tach pause at certain rpms and then start firing again and then start to go. I think this could be a spark problem. I have magnacore wires in the car. There are NGK bpr6es in the car but im going to get new ones anyways. Is there anything else that you guys think could be going wrong? Also, my CEL is OFF. It had come one once when it was not firing right, I tried to read the code but it wouldn't throw any codes and it wouldnt erase the CEL. But after driving for a while it suddenly went off. The car idles fine and runs fine until i get on the throttle a little bit. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
 
The car is running stock boost. The only mod is a K&N FIPK. Sorry, i should have remembered to post that information in the first one.

Ok so I will make a boost leak tester sometime soon and try that out seeing as you both said thats what it sounds like. Thanks for your help.
 
Sorry for the delay on not updating. I have not done a boost leak test yet because I haven't gotten on the computer in a while to look at a guide/list of supplies. I noticed the turbo spooling sound(or what i thought was the turbo spooling up) getting louder from the front passenger side of the car so i think the leak could be from my smic.
 
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