Re: It just stops!

[SailingFC@aol.com]

Try looking at the ignition switch.  While the engine is running, wiggle, 
pull, push on the the key/key chain.  When the contacts in the switch wear 
out, the symptoms are similar.  BTDT.
GL.

-Dick-
78 Scirocco
Original Owner
http://member.aol.com/sailingfc/


In a message dated 1/8/01 7:17:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
r.evans@mail.parklanecoll.ac.uk writes:


> I'm new to the group so sorry if this problem's been listed loads of times 
> before but... I've just bought a 1988 1.6 GT. It's only had one owner and 
> it has a full VAG service history on 94,000 miles. Just recently it's 
> developed a nasty habit of cutting out whenever it feels like it. I'll be 
> going along quite happily at 40, 50, 60, 70+ mph and then it will stall. If 
> I leave the clutch out whilst moving it jump-starts but continues to judder 
> down the road. With the clutch in the engine cuts completely out. If I 
> stop, the engine starts immediately and I'm on my way again.