so i was coming back from the mtns this week and a spark plug popped out of my #1 cylinder. i already had the platinum plus 4 plugs and i put them in. now my car stutters and i believe its misfiring.. the CEL goes on and off and sometimes it blinks for a few seconds. i took off the plug boot and the rubber is broken on the #1 cylinder boot. would this affect anything? the rubber is the only thing broken

 

it might I would try running some logs with a vag-com if you could and see if the misfire follows the coil pack. I dont know the proper gap for the 2.8 but you might want to double check the gap

 

Mmmmmm..... Platnum + turbo = bad. with turbo cars you shouldn't run platnum plugs because the tips tend to break off and chip the blades in the turbo. Iridium plugs are what are recominded

 

it says he has a 2.8 in hs sig[sm=WTFsgign.gif]

 

I had this happen to my probe, when it popped out the plug hole was threaded and gases were escaping around the plug after it was reinserted making it misfire. I had to use a drill and Helicoil to fix it.

 

change your coil packs to different cylinders.. to see if the problem changes cylinders

if it does.. then you need a coil pack