please help a desperate man

[4 cylinder 8v fuel injected 205 killing machine]

please can some one help asap as i am at present stuck 40 miles from home at me ma and da`s!!! on traveling down the a1 last night 10 miles in to my journey from rugby the car started acting funny...now by funny i mean that if you put foot to the floor it would feel normal accel ect but the second you let off it felt like u had killed the engine I.E massive engine breaking ....put your foot down again and it would take a second then a big jerk and accel again, what this meant was that if you try and go at a constant speed the engine would feel like it was cutting in and out (but felt different to a misfire?) after pulling in the engine just died at which point i had the priverlidge of becoming an aa member for 169 pounds when thee aa man got there it started fine and ran fine (typical!!) so he followed me but it started doing it again and he could not be arsed to fix it so towed me back to rugby.  the problem i have now is that i am having trouble recreating the fault with not being brave enougth to get back on the a14 and try and get home till i have identified the broken bit and sorted it.. so as i said i pretty stucked (whanted to use another word there) any help no matter how small towards this problem would be most gratefully appreciated please please thankyou thankyou

cheers in advance..........damian

[mk1]

If the oil and coolant levels are still ok i would say the engine is ok. Start the car and wiggle the wires to see if you can recreate the fault. Check the wires to the injectors as they are known to break close to the plug on the fuel rail. Check the rubber boot from the air flow meter to the throttle body for splits (underneath also) as this causes wierd faults. I would go for it and if you brake down call the AA and get a tow home.
Steve.

[old_boy]

Be brave-you've done the hard bit-paid for the AA, so use them!
Are all your fuel lines in good nick? Filler neck? Crap in the tank?
Try changing your fuel filter-about ?7
Hope you get sorted!

[4 cylinder 8v fuel injected 205 killing machine]

cheers folks, will give it a go but the prob seems to be re-created once it gets warm as aposed to a sudden jolt also i have aleady done the wires on the injector rail(that little prob left me stranded 5 weeks ago) but thanks for your replys i suppose at the end of the day i can just keep me foot down all the way back as theres no fault if i do that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ta again...................................to be continued..................................................................

[dubslug]

i had a similar problem on my driver, turned out to be a fairly small hose at the back of the block had split underneath. its located at the back of the block on the right handside,its only abt two inches long. check there and see if thats ok.

car will still drive because ur pushing the air out the split as soon as u stop accelerating the air comes back into the split causing to much air in the system upsetting the air and fuel mixture.
well thats wot i was told on mine but bear in mind mine aint a gti

[golfvr6]

Check the condition of the fuel pump fuse.

[bigkev750]

if your cars high mileage it sounds like fuel pump the toyota corrolas do exactly the same thing as the pump heats up after a few miles it loses pressure so you stop and it cools down and AA man comes and its perfect cause the pump is cool again delivering full pressure the only way to be certain is a pressure check when warm