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General => The garage => Topic started by: Miacant on 05 April 2004, 12:49
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Was on the motorway from London yesterday evening. It poured down and driving conditions was awful. Anyway, got stuck in a crawling traffic. Was moving slowly in 1st gear then all of a sudden car started juddering violently, 2 and 3 gears did not make any difference. :-[ It lasted for about 5 mins. When traffic started moving freely I floor it and since then it hasn't come on again. Thing is car don't stall during this kangaroo stance. And there was more than enough fuel in the tank.
This is the 2nd time I have experienced this bad juddering. Last time was in early feb 04. two days after the snow fall which cause chaos on the roads.
Any ideas the source of this problem?
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probibly due to the weather!
water may have got at something, dissy cap ignition coil. or may be you have a bad earth. all worth looking over see if everythings ok!
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mine does it now and again, but i need a new clutch i have also remembered i got a dodgy earth on the engine must fix that.............
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mine was a bit like that, turned out to be the pet filter.
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Saw my mechanic yesterday about juddering experience. He said it may be due to a damp patch in the engine.
I might see an auto electrician if it happens again.
Cheers pals.
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has the nock sensor got anything to do with it ???
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Not sure, Blue.
There is this suggestion that it could be an electrical problem.
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I had a simlar problem along motorways with my mkII. After a while fuel pump started making funny noises. replace both pick up and main, haven't had problem since.....
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Usually if its associated with damp conditions its a fair bet you have an HT ignition problem. Hairline crack in the dizzie cap, leads etc......first things to check
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somehting i have experience on both my cars is where the leads go into the holders for the bits that push on to the sparky sometimes they pull out by a mil or so and water can get in and corode the insides
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Last week Friday was quite a stressful day as my 8v judders intermittently each time I got on the road and stalls as well at traffic lights and junctions. And weather conditions was dry everyday last week so I can't be damp a factor causing the problem.
This was getting dangerous at times so I took car to a local mechanic to check what could be the problem. I call the mechanic and he told me over the phone that problem is the result of a low compression on cylinder 3 and 4. He says it will cost ?700-?800 to fix. My heart was broken instantly. Got to lose my babe cos can't afford to do it.
But check this out ....when I picked the car and drove it back home, I never experienced any judder or stalling during the 9 mile journey. Car was off the road since Saturday as I had to borrow another car for work this week and think about my options. Yesterday I took the car out for a 15mins runs. I did put my foot down and the ride was superb. No juddering no stalling.
I'm getting a second option on Saturday and will put the car up for a quick sale. I have endured a lot of frustration, heartache and stress. I just love the GTI golf but i Got To Incarcerate my passion for gti golfs for now, my finances dictates so. However I still gonna hang around this forum. I'm not going to leave cos this is where my heart is.
Been so miserable last week end and the whole of this week :(. I'm drained mentally, physically and spiritually. Driving the my gti puts a smile on my face and it makes me happy. Now I feel miserable because I can't get that pleasure elsewhere. Ah well....I got to be strong and positive.
I hope to put pics on site later next week just in case anyone is interested in the car for a new project.
Thanks guys.
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Where about is the relay(ECU), please? I hope to flick through the relays in an attempt to keep my car.
I hear it could be the source of the juddering problem with my 8v.
Someone really keen to buy the car for 500 pounds tonite despite the terrible juddering and stalling probs. I do want to get rid of it cos of the problems but deep down I want to keep it but will cost more money to get it resolved. Car been off the road for 3 weeks now.
Thanks.