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Just this morning this happened, the car had problems with cold start, the idle was horrible and i felt the engine moving a lot just like if it had a misfiring cilinder. them when i was driving every time a floored the pedal, the car felt as i had fuel starvation. but if i accelerated more gradually the problem wont appear..... Any ideas?

I'll go to my cousins house to get my vag cable and do a diagnostic. but i'd like to have an opinion of you guys, or if someone's had the same problem.

Coil pack?

Was the idle rough too and unbalanced? If so sounds like a coilpack.

Coil pack i'd say

Having said that you dont say what engine?????

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Thanks for he prompt response guys!, the engine is the 1.6, the car is a `00 GLXi. I'll take her to the shop today

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Well, back from the shop, it appears that is not the coil pack. when they ran VAG COM it didnt show anything. they tried a new coil pack, new cablesspark plug calbes and suddenly things got worse, the car loosed all power, the idle became even more erratic, and a strong smell of sulfur. they tell me that the catalitic is busted. As a plus one of the plastic couplers in the refrigerant system broke, still dont know why they make this things of plastic, is like they want them to brake so we keep buying them.

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