i bought a 99 golf gti turbo about a month ago knowing it had a few minor faults (door lock modules maf sensor and a few minor bits) anyway yesterday i orderd a new maf as the car was running very poor crap idle very poor consumption and a lot of backfiring from 3rd to 2nd gear

After fitting the new maf i started the car all seemed very good smooth idle and i thought id cracked it, it wasnt until i went to drive it it started to die on me under acceleration at about 1500 revs but not all the time.
This morning car wouldnt fire up without me pressing the accelerator (never ever happened before) but when i got it going power was smooth and back to normal but with the odd occasional gudder in power
Ive checked the hoses ive cleaned the 3 week old spark plugs so is the new maf foooked, i left the battery disconnected for the best part of 4 hours
HEEELLLPPPPP Plz
