2000 Volkswagen Jetta "Jetta Woes"

Tiny
BRYTNIALLYSSA
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  • 2000 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • MANUAL
  • 165,000 MILES
'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!
Friday, March 5th, 2010 AT 7:08 AM

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Tiny
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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.
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Saturday, September 11th, 2010 AT 12:06 AM

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