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I had the engine code "P0303 - cylider 3 misifre" come up again, so i decided to revisit it and do a thorough inspection. I can't believe i missed it before, but i found that inner wall on the third coil had receeded excessively. I hope that a new one will resolve the issue, however i dont ...

Yes it was the only code present when i run a check, i erased it, and it now no longer comes up (i presume since i am running the sparks so low)

Right so i bought a diagnostics tool and plugged it in, as predicted it showed the result "p0303 - cylinder 3 misfire" . As stated before ive had to reduce the new spark plugs from 1.1mm (recommended) down to 0.8mm in order to effectively get it running to some extent, now the most it will misfire ...

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I own a 2010 3 cylinder 1.2L vw polo that has issues with misfiring. It started about a year ago, the car would idle badly and would suffer from a loss of power when I put the throttle down heavily. I changed the spark plugs but the issue persisted with it then cutting out completely on the test ...