2000 Volkswagen Jetta "Jetta Woes"

2000 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
165,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • MANUAL
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BRYTNIALLYSSA
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'00 vw jetta

list of things wrong with it :

burns oil like crazy
obdII codes -for random cyl2 &4 misfire.
shakes when idling (feels kinda like a tactor)
Major loss of power (1st gear to get up a hill )

previously fixed coil pack and spark plugs and wires only 3 months ish old. tested and are still working?

Also it had been coming up with a pre cat 02 sensor i changed that and nothing happened... now it says that there is no activity.... is there something else i had to do other than plug it in ?

any ideas of what could be going wrong?

thanks for any input!
Mar 5, 2010 at 7:08 AM
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JIGGERYPOKERY
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could it be that two of your plug wires are mixed?
My 99 was running roughly, but not terribly (I was working on it only for another problem -a hesitation/bogging-down on acceleration), when I noticed that two of the wires were reversed. this fixed the actual slight roughness, AND the ODB saying that (just) one cylinder was misfiring from time-to-time.

When I first noticed the mixup, I had to check the shop manual twenty times, then went online for another diagram just to be sure.
Sep 11, 2010 at 12:06 AM