Coil igntion broken. Need help!

Tiny
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  • 2002 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 132,000 MILES
Ok so I'm new to this vehicle and I've owned it for about 6 months now. I own a 2002 Volkswagen Jetta 1.8T and I brought it to O"Reilly for a diagnostic check cause my engine light was flashing every time I accelerated around mid high point. When I did this my car started to sputter. The guy said cylinder 4 was misfiring. I did some research on the internet and apparently this was very common on my type of vehicle and what I needed to do was to buy a new coil ignition. And I did. However what I didn't know was which coil ignition I was to remove. I'm assuming it's the one 2nd starting to the left cause it was jammed. Anyhow when I tugged on the coil it was stuck and so I pulled harder and ended up pulling only half of the ignition coil out leaving the metal peice on the bottom stuck. My question is. WHAT DO I DO? And am I removing the right ignition coil?
Wednesday, July 13th, 2011 AT 12:08 AM

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Tiny
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To identify which coil follow the sparkplug wire from cylinder no.4 back to the coil/s
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Sunday, October 9th, 2011 AT 3:47 AM
Tiny
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I know this is an old post, but for others reading this.

On the 1.8T, the #4 coil is the right most from the drive belts.

Coil on plug (COP) ignition systems do not have spark plug wires.
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Sunday, February 19th, 2012 AT 9:20 PM
Tiny
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I know the differences on the ignition system, whether its distributor/COP/DIS system-Must be the time w/o Mit1-I'm one of the Sr. Experts in here
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Sunday, February 19th, 2012 AT 9:38 PM

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