head gasket failure?

[daviewonder]

Hi all ive just joined today, just need to pick you brains quickly.
my 205 gti recently developed a slight missfire when cruising at a steady speed, it then progressed into kangerooing which has got quite fierce over the past few days, also ive noticed the oil pressuge gauge dropping right down too nothing for a split second then going back to normal. today the kangerooing got really bad and the engine was badly misfiring up until the point where it died completely, ive checked for fuel and spark and they are both there. theres no oil in the water or visa versa also theres no high pressure in the cooling system. anyone got any ideas, could it still be the headgasket, maybe gone between cylinders?

[megamaniac]

It sounds unlikely to be the headgasket,more likely to be fuel or electrical.Try the ignition module and coil ,they could be breaking down.The coil would get worse the longer the engine is run so would show a spark when the engine (and coil)is cold .

[daviewonder]

cheers mate, i swapped the coil and ignition module for some spare ones i had under the bench in the garage and now everything works fine.