How many of you have suffered from a cutting out 8v engine?

[PassRatGT]

Clean out the throttle valve thing thats what I was told this morning by a specialist friend of mine

Why oh why do people go to dealers to get ripped off, find a specialist you trust, 9 times out of 10 they're all trained by VW and they've just set up on there own

[opel]

I  HAVE THAT PROBLEM AS WELL I TOOK THE ECU RELAY OUT AND FOUND THE SOLDERING ON THE CIRCUIT HD CRACKED OFF

[robiwill]

Opel mine was the same would cut out at any time seed or situation 90mph on the motorway was the worst, solved it by replacing the ECU return relay about £15 from vag for the AGG engine that was over 25,000 milesago and it has not cut out once since.

[rubjonny]

I was looking at MK2 & MK3 throttles the other day in the scrappy, as you do
And I have a theory as to why the MK3 is worse for cutting out than the MK2.  If you look at the throttle & inlet, the ISV on a MK2 is plumbed into the inlet boot, and the crank case breather runs to the throttle body.  On a MK3 its the opposite way round, which means on a MK3 all the black oily crap blown out of your crank breather gets sucked straight thru the ISV!  But not so on a MK2, the ISV only sucks clean air.

Just a thought

[ratcatcher]

Just fixed mine see my post above................

Seems that the coil pack can give a spark when in open air but when in the cylinder the spark is not man enough....this is my 3rd coil pack in 188,000 miles

[rubjonny]

MK3 coilpacks are sh!te, the MK2 coil on the other hand is ard as nails, in fact many fitted nowadays have been passed on from VW to VW for many years

[patch900]

The thread by scooterist is all about cutting out Mk3, hall sender and that.

Only problem I had with mine was trouble starting which the guys on here diagnosed as dodgy temp sensor. Garage then told me temp sensor and replaced it. Nice that you guys are on your game.