golf gti juddering

[robb1977]

Hi i have a 1999 golf 2.0 gti when accelerating the car seems to judder, its hesitant to accelerate then all of a sudden it goes ok. its particularly bad between 2000 and 3000 revs in low gears. someone told me its misfiring but am no mechanic and to be honest dont have a clue. ive tried disconnecting the MAF but its just the same. The cars just had its 60000 mile service.
Thanks

[R32_T]

check the spark plugs, and the leads

[robb1977]

cheers will do. i bought some new plugs and leads but they look very awkward to change, is this something best left for a garage?

[R32_T]

plugs are easy, take around 5 mins

[Sugar79]

when my maf was playing up it would cough n splutter and sometimes judder, even when i disconnected it, it still ran like sh*te.
I had a new maf and plugs fitted and the difference was unreal after that!!

[robb1977]

Thanks for all your help gonna try changin the plugs tomorrow, keep your fingers crossed ha ha

[Sugar79]

Hang on if its just had its service it should already have new plugs?

[robb1977]

i thought that at first but in my haynes book if i remember right it says they get changed at 40000 and 80000, might be wrong tho ill double check when i get home

[Sugar79]

I thought they got changed on every service? 

[robb1977]

oh it could be the MAF then, roughly how much do they cost please