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Checking misfiring detection: Audi TT Mk1 1.8 (ARX, ARY, AUM, AUQ, …)

Step-by-step checking misfiring detection for the Audi TT Mk1 1.8: 12 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.

Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.

12 steps 8 engine codes engine codes merged from 3 documented variants

🧭 Before you start

Fits: Audi TT Mk1 (8N)

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  • Connect vehicle diagnostic, testing and information systemVAS 5051 A and select vehicle system "“01 - Engine electronics”". The engine must be idling when doing so.

🔧 Engine codes this applies to

📐 43 workshop diagrams for ARX

Real factory drawings for this job — timing marks, bolt locations and routing. Locked in the free view.

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📋 Procedure

  1. Connect vehicle diagnostic, testing and information systemVAS 5051 A and select vehicle system "“01 - Engine electronics”". The engine must be idling when doing so.
  2. From list (1), select diagnosis function "“08 - Reading measured value block”".
  3. Use keypad (2) to enter "“14”" for "“display group 014”" and confirm by touching Q key.
  4. Check displays in zones (3) and (4).
  5. Terminate function "“08 - Reading measured value block”" by touching ← key.
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  1. To switch to "“display group 015”", touch ↑ key.
  2. Check displays in zones (1 ... 4).
  3. To switch to "“display group 016”", touch ↑ key.
  4. Check displays in zones (1) and (4).
  5. Check spark plugs
  6. Check ignition coil with output stage
  7. Check injectors
Workshop diagrams

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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.

The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.

Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.