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Title: golf gti juddering
Post by: robb1977 on 24 February 2005, 13:28

Hi i have a 1999 golf 2.0 gti when accelerating the car seems to judder, its hesitant to accelerate then all of a sudden it goes ok. its particularly bad between 2000 and 3000 revs in low gears. someone told me its misfiring but am no mechanic and to be honest dont have a clue. ive tried disconnecting the MAF but its just the same. The cars just had its 60000 mile service.
Thanks

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: R32_T on 24 February 2005, 16:34

check the spark plugs, and the leads

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: robb1977 on 24 February 2005, 16:51

cheers will do. i bought some new plugs and leads but they look very awkward to change, is this something best left for a garage?

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: R32_T on 24 February 2005, 17:38

plugs are easy, take around 5 mins

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: Sugar79 on 25 February 2005, 10:49

when my maf was playing up it would cough n splutter and sometimes judder, even when i disconnected it, it still ran like sh*te.
I had a new maf and plugs fitted and the difference was unreal after that!!

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: robb1977 on 25 February 2005, 10:55

Thanks for all your help gonna try changin the plugs tomorrow, keep your fingers crossed ha ha

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: Sugar79 on 25 February 2005, 10:58

Hang on if its just had its service it should already have new plugs????

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: robb1977 on 25 February 2005, 11:00

i thought that at first but in my haynes book if i remember right it says they get changed at 40000 and 80000, might be wrong tho ill double check when i get home

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: Sugar79 on 25 February 2005, 11:22

I thought they got changed on every service?  :undecided:

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: robb1977 on 25 February 2005, 11:36

oh it could be the MAF then, roughly how much do they cost please

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: R32_T on 25 February 2005, 17:10

The plugs should be changed every 10,000 miles or every year, but they can last upto 40,000 miles if driven normally

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: Sugar79 on 27 February 2005, 18:04

got mine from the dealer for about ?78

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: robb1977 on 02 March 2005, 08:51

Thanks for all your help, changed the plugs and leads and the car seems to be ok now touch wood, one of the plugs was turning white at the end, dont know if this was the problem.

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: Sugar79 on 02 March 2005, 10:11

White? isnt that not enough fuel???

Title: Re: golf gti juddering
Post by: robb1977 on 02 March 2005, 11:58

It was only one of them, it said in the haynes book this could mean a plug running too hot or to cold cant remember which one.