newbie needs help please!

[mikemk4gti]

 Hi all, just got a mk4 golf gti 1.8t today. really pleased with it apart from one thing.
 We went into town today and whilst driving through traffic in first gear crawling along at tickover the car started kangarooing, dip the clutch and rev and its fine then does it again, it does it in second too below 1000 rpm. if you dip the clutch while its happening the engine runs really lumpy until you rev it. under normal driving its fine, no missfire and smmoth acceleration.
 So, is this a common thing? I've done a search but couldn't find anything with the same symtoms.
Thanks in advance,
Mike.

[richw911]

Need to get it hooked up to vag com or a fault code reader 

[northeast_gti-t]

Have you access to vag-com if so get it scanned and see what fault codes you get thrown up sounds like maf 

[mikemk4gti]

 thanks for the quick replies.
 It just so happens that i have vag com but it was for my old laptop and my new one with windows vista doesn't seem to be compatible with the version i have 409. theres no engine light coming on so don't know if there will be any faults stored?

[richw911]

thanks for the quick replies.
 It just so happens that i have vag com but it was for my old laptop and my new one with windows vista doesn't seem to be compatible with the version i have 409. theres no engine light coming on so don't know if there will be any faults stored?

You dont have to have the engine light to have fault codes 

[Steve_PD]

Faults will be stored with no lights   I got the 409 version and it dont like vista   lucky I got xp on the laptop

[northeast_gti-t]

thanks for the quick replies.
 It just so happens that i have vag com but it was for my old laptop and my new one with windows vista doesn't seem to be compatible with the version i have 409. theres no engine light coming on so don't know if there will be any faults stored?

You dont have to have the engine light to have fault codes 

as rich says  also you can tweak the 409 version to run vista as thats what i have done and it does work 

[jonnyturbo]

yep get it scanned

[mikemk4gti]

thanks for the quick replies.
 It just so happens that i have vag com but it was for my old laptop and my new one with windows vista doesn't seem to be compatible with the version i have 409. theres no engine light coming on so don't know if there will be any faults stored?

You dont have to have the engine light to have fault codes 

as rich says  also you can tweak the 409 version to run vista as thats what i have done and it does work 

how do i tweak it

[northeast_gti-t]

i'l try to send you a link mate what you have to do is create a comm port as your using usb and set a free port in the settings and run it as administrator