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General => The garage => Topic started by: ManxGti on 19 May 2009, 14:36

Title: Cutting out
Post by: ManxGti on 19 May 2009, 14:36

Hi,

I've got a 97 MK3 8v GTI, I have been having some problems with it cutting out in a variety of guises, one day it would just die as I came to a stop at a junction, other days it seemed as though someone was just cutting power to the car, I went to see my local VW specialist and he recommended cleaning and re-setting the throttle, this seemed to have solved the problem, but the next day I went out and it was all over the show, the revs were going from 3k to 0 constantly with all the lights on the dash coming on, now the weird thing is, it seems to have a little spat of a morning, and is then fine, it has never done it when I have been on my way home, always first thing in the morning, we have changed relay 30, and am waiting for a couple of other things to come in for the mechanic to try, anyone else had this kind of problem?

Cheers

Jez

Title: Re: Cutting out
Post by: luellin on 30 May 2009, 20:35

could be the ecu or wire carosion on the loom also check your idle stabaliser valve if you have one make sure its doing something usualy vibrates when the car is on

Title: Re: Cutting out
Post by: gibby on 01 June 2009, 13:54

This wasn't a cutting out issue but this thread pointed to the ECU relay. Might be something else to try. http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=9093.0

Apologies if that's relay 30 and you've alreday changed it.