ive never heard of Autozone or Pepboys having coilpacks for our cars...
OP, any Audi or VW dealers should have them. Get the R (revision R) coil!!!
obviously, they should be cheaper at the VW dealer.
or get one online if u dont drive your car

 

no they dont rent anymore equipment at autozone. I havent tried the spark plugs yet they look good to me but ill switch them out just in case. So if its the catalytic converter what am i looking at trouble and money wise.

 

Holy **** guys,

This is not brain surgery. Drifter, got to Autozone or the dealership, bite the bullet and buy yourself 4 new coilpacks and plugs, get yourself a good socket set and install them yourself. There are lots of tutorials on how to do it.

 

Don't worry about the cat right now, fix the cause and see if it goes away. You have to get the codes read somehow. The code reader will tell you which coilpack is bad.

 

I already bit the bullet less than 2000 miles ago a coil pack went bad (first one closest to the bumper. An yesterday I bought 2 more. But Ill go ahead and get the spark plugs today any suggestion on the brand

 

Brands were already suggested. The dealer (vw or audi) if you need to drive the car, or ecstuning.com if you can park it for a fee days.

Try leaving your engine cover off from now on. Mines been off since I replaced a coilpack last year and I've had no other problems with them.

 

I also have had similar problems.

Solution is simple, change all the coilpacks at one time. The old coil packs should not be run with new coil packs, thats the insider info.

Make sure your catalytic converter is okay (it was glowing because the gas was not burning in engine but at the converter) due to a bad coil. The catalytic converter may require change if the metal inside it is burnt. Its only function is to burn the unburnt fuel so dont worry about it.