OT: Jetta incident.

[roccit_53 at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (C Boyko)]

Sunds a lot like what GIno was doing, daun do you remember what we did to
fix it? It was a combo of a few things, IIRC, green wiring being one of
them.
Cathy

On 5:28 pm 08/28/06 Mark Bednarz <vwsportruck@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
>   I just had the same thing happen within the last week with my '80
> Scirocco and the culprit was the coil. I replaced it with a Bosch and
> it was about  $80.00. I'm assuming the fuel filter would be cheaper if
> you are going for cheapest fix, but I'd be more than likely to think
> that you have a coil problem.
>
>   -=Mark
>   '80 Scirocco
>   '81 Rabbit Sportruck
>   '00 Passat GLX Wagon
>
> Greg Pallett <greg.rocco@gmail.com> wrote:
>   The car: 1991 Jetta 8v, 200k miles, stock motor. Had new
> cap/rotor/wires/plugs/airfilter back in the spring.
>
> Driving in to work today, it gave a huge.. buck? Like a misfire, but
> it was very noticable, not just a little misfire. Then later on the
> drive it repeatedly would buck, and I feared for the car - that it
> would stay running and get me the last 2 miles to work! It stalled at
> idle at a stoplight, but started right up.
> Before leaving work I gave it a quick visual inspection. It was 1/2 a
> quart low on oil, but all the important looking wires and things
> seemed to be in place.
> It was hard to start, requiring t a little more cranking than usual.
> It stalled once at a light on the way home, and required a lot of
> cranking to restart. Then it ran like a top the rest of the way home.
> It has 2/3 a tank of gas. I should mention that I didn't change the
> fuel filter in the spring. Since it's condition is unknown, I should
> go ahead and change that. Another symptom was that when 'bucking' the
> tach would fluctuate wildly. Could be normal, if it was a misfire, or
> is it a sign of a problem with the coil?
> So, Suguestions on what to look for?
>
> Thanks gang!
>
> GP
>
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