[Richard]

Thanks for the video.
I have a VW Passat 1999 B5 1.6 that has a similar issue, so I’m going to try some of this stuff to track it down.
It also only misfires when idle or low rpm, and is worse if I don’t drive the car for a day or 2.
One thing I have noticed is when it does misfire I hear a tick noise from the distributor, as if it’s maybe arcing in there. The distributor is annoying to get to though.
I did also have arcing on 2 of the leads at the spark plug end. Is it possible something is not grounding properly causing all 3 of these problems?

[Richard]

Thanks for the video.
I have a VW Passat 1999 B5 1.6 that has a similar issue, so I’m going to try some of this stuff to track it down.
It also only misfires when idle or low rpm, and is worse if I don’t drive the car for a day or 2.
One thing I have noticed is when it does misfire I hear a tick noise from the distributor, as if it’s maybe arcing in there. The distributor is annoying to get to though.
I did also have arcing on 2 of the leads at the spark plug end. Is it possible something is not grounding properly causing all 3 of these problems?

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