1997 Volkswagen Jetta Miss fire in clyinder 6

Tiny
BRH62483
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  • 1997 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • MANUAL
  • 125,000 MILES
I know that my engine is miss firing in cylinder 6 and what I need to do to repair it. My questions is how damaging is it to drive it with the miss fire? I wont have the money to fix it until tax return, would it be ok to drive it for that long? Its the VR6 engine.
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 AT 12:18 AM

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Tiny
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Misfire in a specific cylinder you should check the sparkplug, compression and injector for that cylinder.
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 AT 12:39 AM
Tiny
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I've had the plugs replaced and the compression was tested. It was 120 when all the other cylinders were at the recommended 160.
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Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 AT 12:44 AM

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