2.0 8v electrical advise?

[gophgti]

hi guy n gals

ok my 2.0 8v had been playing up mainly wneh idle the revs would go from 10 to 30 so i checked for air leaks and found the rocker cover breather pipe had 3 holes init so i brought a new 1 direct from vw, then the engine went wierd it sounded like it was barking like a low reving sound? my brother is a mechanic and said he would look at it while i was abroad, so iv come back and he said that while driving it the electrics under the dash started smoking and spread to the fuse box luckly he put it out i just need advise as to how to put it right do i need 2 buy a whole new wiring system? would that by why the engine was funny? my friends have told me to scrap it but i love this car its the first golf iv owned plus iv spent alot of money on it.

any advise would be appreciated thanks.

[FlySpeck]

could have been the voltage dipping because of an electrical short circuit mate, check for water ingress, and for any wiring surrounding the stereo or anything coming straight from the battery, a lot of gooks put the stereo or some other god forsaken halfords trinket straight to the positive with no fuse, and leave the wires when they rip it out again.

Ive had a car fire caused by exactly that.

I bought a manta, bloke disconnected his stereo as he wanted to keep it, and left an unfused live wire behind the dash, I slammed the door at home and went inside.....the wire glowed orange like a cooker ring straight from the battery as I discovered when I looked out and the car was filled with smoke - I risked life and limb to get the bonnet open to disco the battery and thats when I found the wire. Burned myself badly trying to snap it off with my hands in panic, then sliced both sleeves off the wifes best coat trying to break the glowing wire which was now slicing thru pipes across the engine! Eventually used a broom handle and got it off, but the damage was done.

Carefully check all wiring in the stereo area and around the battery, remove any damaged bits that may be stuck together thru over heating, and make them safe using insulated block connector, then see whats working and re-wire slightly to repair it.

[gophgti]

thanks for the advise i will check as a month or 2 ago i installed a new head unit and sub and amp, i forgot to mention last month the alarm went mad every time i opened the car with the fob it would lock its self again and the alarm would go off had the aa out as i was not at home and he said the wiring needed looking at he managed to fix it wonder if its anything he may have done?