Scirocco Central

20 odd thousand miles does'nt seem like enough millage to have this problem, mine has done 58.000, but may be wrong. Have you checked for fault codes? There does seem to be a lot of posts about miss firing, but a lot come with related fault codes. Taking the inlet manifold off on the 2.0tsi is a bit...

I've just had the exact same problem, which started earlier this year and got more noticable as the weather got colder. As there were no codes stored, ruled out 'electrical' problem and thanks to iamcabaged's post took the plunge and removed inlet manifold, to find seriously clagged up valves!! Ques...