GTI cutting out, oil light flashes

[kr1s77]

Mine used to stall at every junction aswell , i cleaned the around the butterfly in the throttle body by just using kitchen towel. It took about 5 mins. It hasn't stalled since  .

Try cleaning the throttle body before spending £'s on Ecotek!!

[hinchy]

 

I've had a very similar problem with my Golf 1.6 GL (R reg)
It cuts out intermittently and usually starts again after a few minutes. The oil light comes on when this happens but I think that is a red herring.
I've noticed people on this thread mention changing the ECU relay or the Hall sender relay. This is something I will try soon and will post the outcome on here.

If anyine has any other idea's on the subvject that would be great.

P.S where is the best place to get these parts? VW?

[Y I GTI]

I have changed everything on mine n its still doing it.just changed dizzy.still cutting out gettin it put on computer to see if any faults come up on ecu.cuts out most wen ya restart car starts n cuts out sounds like its starvin of fuel so gonna get fuel pump tested for pressue n that.all a wud say is get it put on computer first n see if faults come up cos ave spent a fortune changing everything that usually comes up wen this problem is mentioned

[steveozx7r]

you loose oil pressure when the revs drop too low and stall , that might explain why the light comes on, mine used to flicker at junctions when the revs dropped.

[midnight racer]

I've got an 8v Gti which I love and has hardly had any probs since I bought it 5 years ago  . But recently it's been doing the occasional stall thing at junctions  . I reckon it's gotta be a fuel problem, so I'll check all the hoses and clean the throttle body over the weekend and see if that works.

I don't have any cut-out problems (yet), but it sounds to me like this has got to be electrical. Does anyone have the Haynes Fault Codes manual? Is it any good for the Golf? I'm keen to try and understand a bit more about the ECU stuff before it starts playing up!

Just wanted to say cheers to everyone for all the advice here; really great forum.

[jerrej]

HI all, just thought I d add my ten cents worth.

I had this problem with my 95 gti 8v power would cut out for 5-6 seconds then resume working without having to restart oil light flashing etc. searched the web found this site and saw this thread, so i replaced the ecu relay £10.49 inc which cured my problem so many thanks here to all.

Just a final note, once I had the new relay I knew which one was the old one etc, so I opened the old relay and found a dry joint on the circuit board for the relay throw, this has been repaired and works fine, still this isnt something I would of done without knowing what was at fault, worth a look thought.

cheers

[Scooterist007]

  Hi everybody, and WOW I would of never believed that when I started this thread ooo way back in 2003, that it would of grown this BIG!!! and it is still at the top! well I think I should deserve a prize!! Is this the biggest thread?
well I suppose this proves how good and succesful this forum really is, I hope that everybody has benifited from this thread, I hear all the time with people with the same problem, I have even replace friends gti's relays! well I still have the car, and it hasnt cut since replacing the relay, now the wife has the car and I now have a '95 gti 16v!

I wish everybody a happy christmas and a bloody good new year!

[robbiehall]

Hi Mate,
I Know exactly what your'e going through....I Had the exactly same problem on my P-reg 2.0ltr GTI where the car would start up okay..then at any particular time the oil light would flash and revs would hit zero and cut engine out....Very dangerous if cars are up your arse!!!
After going backward and forwards to garage several times, replacing all plugs,Ht,Dizzy,Rotar arm, Injection cables, Oil sensor, Relays etc.....I Finally took my GTI to an idependant VW/Audi Car specialist and put GTI  on his VW Dealer Diagnistic machine....It diagnosed the CRANK SENSOR as the problem...this cost me £145 from Dealers...as he would only fit Genuine Vw parts...however I Believe you can get the part for around £50 non genuine..so far so good, no more embarrassing cut out at main juctions for me!!!.....Hope this info helps...and good luck...Rob.

[mk3gtirob]

hi, my wifes p reg 8v gti has the  CUT OUT WHEN SLOWING TO STOP FAULT ,and WILL RESTART STRAIGHT AWAY every time.  The idle used to go low some times so before discovering your site i had a play as im a jeep tech by trade and noticed that the breather was blocked so cleaned out and wiped out the THROTTLE BUTTERFLY while the pipe was off ... the idle is almost perfect now  but it happened to me the other day (after i did this ) and im pretty certain i was in second gear   Am i correct by trauling this thread that a good dose of cleaner in the throttle body USUALLY cures this  ??

Does this need to be removed to perform this or can it be done effectively in place

Also Am i correct that relay 30 isnt a factor in this .............. but for a tenner i suppose i should replace anyway !!!!
GREAT SITE , by the way .....Rob

[Scooterist007]

Hi Mk3gtirob, no ur wifes car isnt the relay 30 problem! but it is a good idea to replace it, i believe that the original relays from vw were of crap quailty, they have now changed supplier and they are of a different colour! but the problem u described is a breather/throttle body problem, just clean the throttle body of carbon so the butterfly shuts properly and make sure all the pipes are free of gunge and are not split, even a little split will stop it from running well!!