[tech] need help! Car bucking on the hwy

[calimus at techography.net (calimus)]

Not that you prollie haven't thought of all this, but I'll list away anyway.

Fuel pump relay
water in fuel
fuel filter clogged
clogged injector
dpr going (if you have on in that car)
ECU going wonky
crappy gas at last fill up
might I suggest a grounding issue (not sure which car out of your herd you
are refering to)
fouled plug '(s)
Bad plug wire'(s) - Possible wear through causing arching
Ignition switch getting touchy
Hall sender having issues
Evil, vile VW gnomes that are pissed cause you have too many scirocco's
(ok, so I anked that one from my rear, it's just there for comic relief)

Thats about all I can think of off the top of my head.  Mainly cause thats
all the things I've checked on the wifes cabby when it was recently having a
similar issue.  On a side not, the wife drove the snott out of the car on
our trip to Tenn this weekend and whatever was causing the hesitatin,
cleared up (or got blown out) half-way through the trip.  So, not sure if
any of this helps, but there ya are.

William

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Bureau" <ats@longcoeur.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 12:39 AM
Subject: [tech] need help! Car bucking on the hwy


>
> Alright,
>
> Driving at 70mph all of the sudden the car decided to "buck" more
accurately
> describe as hesitation and lost of power.
> The tachometer does not flinch, and if I press on the gas it can achieve
one
> of two possible things
>
> A) car revs up and pulls forward
> B) car tries to rev and feels like its staving on fuel or not igniting it.
>
> This seems to be intermittent, well, not constant at any point, more like
> randomized, but continual during a short 40 mile trip.
> If I drive I know I will endure this situation is what I mean, not it will
> happen twice in a week type of deal.
>
> So I was on my way home and close to a 24hrs AutoZone, and I swapped (yes
at
> 11pm at night) the in-tank transfer fuel pump.
> Results are the same.
>
> Anyone have any idea what this is all about???
>
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