GTI cutting out, oil light flashes

[woodymk3_8v]

I have a 96 Preg GTI 8v it cuts out for about 2-5 mins then goes again, after reading all the replies on here
when it cut out just now i took relay no30 out it was red hot. so off to buy new one tomorrow,
It cant be fuel pump relay as I can here the pump go when u turn on the ignition.

[woodymk3_8v]

ok now i have changed relay 30 and fuel pump relay, swaped the dizzy and still doing it fcuking thing.

Help anyone......

[redcarboy]

Kno how you feel mate mines just the same,fookin car it's the AGG engine it's a pile of shate mine was coutting out this morning and does it always at the garage even shows no faults on the vag-com so fook knows engine temp sensor maybe another one of those hit and miss electrical probs very frustrating..

[woodymk3_8v]

While changing my distributer i noticed that if you unplug the small plug to the Hall Sensor
the engine will start and run..

Is this normal

[nrs1]

Months of messing around with the golf as of this moment the car is running better than it has in a long wile.
Spent 2 hours cleaning out the throttle body and left it to soak in a good layer of WD40 for 30 minuets.
This has stopped the car from stalling and the fuel economy has gone up a bit.
I have been driving it hard trying to get the thing to stall not stalled yet.
 

[woodymk3_8v]

Its not the TB it doesn't stall as you say it cuts out like turning the ignition off,

it even does this with my foot flat down doing 80 it justs stops

[oldgit]

I know its a while ago but did you ever get it sorted out as mine is doing the same

[nrs1]

woodymk3_8v
went through all this when it last packed not just stalling i posted all this a long time ago
 might help??
Went through the usual c**p local vw dealer came back with no suggestions.
Changed plugs, ht leads distributor cap, rotary arm no change.
I Changed relay No: 30 and it made the thing worse.
Cleaned out the air flow and throttle body.
Oh yes and not forgetting a full 60K service and cam belt change not cheap.
None of this worked on my golf.

The only thing that has worked on my golf is the AA found that I was not getting enough power to the coil.
?52 pound for my local electrician to rewire the ignition to the coil.

This was done 2 weeks ago the car is running fine and I?m happy with it again

[insane]

Hi, wondered if anyone can help me cos i'm banging my head against a brickwall! ?
I have a 1997 P reg gti 2.0l 8v and the problem i'm having is that the car keeps cutting out on me, it doesnt matter if i'm travelling at speed or not (infact its just happened while I was on the dartford crossing bridge at 5pm! very scarey) When it cuts out the oil light flashes and the rev counter goes straight to zero, now somtimes it will start straight away and somtimes it takes ages to start, when it doesnt start, the engine turns over as normal but the oil light flashes.
Now the first thing I checked was the Oil (duh!) But the oil is ok, when i take the oil filler cap of, there is presure there so I think the oil pump is ok, and I dont think its an oil problem cos if there was a problem surley it would do it all the time, somtimes its weeks before it would cut out and somtimes it does it several times a day! I once went to a party when I met a guy who is a salesman for vw, and he reckons its the hall effect sensor, now I dont know wether this is true, after all he just sells the dam things!

Please can anyone help me?

wow!!!!!! Did i just post that! totaly the same thing is happening to my car, and the same car aswell 1997 P reg gti 2.0l 8v
can someone let us know what the end solution was to fixing this?
any info most apperciated
many thanx
Ben
 

[Resevoirfrogs]

NRS1,

Is there any chance you could add a bit more detail to what you had the auto leccy do to your car

"?52 pound for my local electrician to rewire the ignition to the coil".

Mine has been playing up for ages now and it on the verge of  being part-exchanged unless i can fix it soon. It died on me about an month ago as usual, but wouldn't restart. AA came out and dignosed that the regulator on the coil was funked. As always you cant change that part on it own so i had to change the whole coil unit at ?90. It fixed the immediate problem, but the car still has the same old intermittent problem (stutters, then cuts out. It resarts fine and then pretends that nothing has happend... unitll next time).

Im not to clued up on how the ignition is wired to the coil. Any details so i can have a chat to my local leccy about it would be greatly appresiated!!!

Cheers,
Frogs!