gti 8 valve stalling and uneven running

[nickm]

i've just bought a mk2 eight valve and tho i was gonna sell it 'cos i wasn't keen-it's started to grow on me, it's just begun to stall at tickover and it seems to be 'hunting' real bad, i got caught out and had to put unleaded in it-which coincided with the sh!t running, could this have caused it or is it likely to be something more sinister--also it needs a new clutch-how much should i expect to pay? thanks in advance

[Blue MK2]

Maybe you have got your spark plug leads on in the wrong order.
Does anyone know in what order the HT eads go?

Mine go like this...
                              _________
distributor cap->   l                  l
                            l    (1)   (2)    l
                            l    (3)    (4)   l
                             l_________l

dodgy drawing i know.

[tinman]

In my experience, if you have done something out of the ordinary, or changed something - and then something else goes wrong - its usually related.

Chuck in a tank of lrp and injector cleaner and see what happens.

Tin

[nickm]

thanks all

[COCKEL]

I PAYED ?50 FOR MY CLUTCH FROM HENRY AT DAGANAMS{FORD}...YES THEY NOW SUPPLY CHEEP REPLACEMENT PARTS IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING...BARGAIN

I HAD TO DO A GEARBOX ASWELL, I THOUGHT MINE WAS JUST A CLUTCH TILL I FOUND A HOLE IN MY CASING WHERE APPARENTLEY A DIFF RIVET FIRED THROUGH...PROBERLY WHILE I WAS RAGGING IT..VW ARE ANYTHING BUT BULLET PROOF...BY A JAP IF YOU WANT TOTAL RELIABILITY.

[nickm]

hi cockel
i bought this car 'cos i'd always fancied one but as far as i'm concerned it's like a trip back to the bad old days of capris and suchlike-i've never had a car with so many niggly problems--i agree with you about jap stuff

[Blue MK2]

Same as. My car has one problem after another

[Leejaydoob]

you can't buy any car thats more than 12 years old and not expect to have some 'niggly problems'

believe me i would rather have a vw with any amount of problems than a jap car!!!

[COCKEL]

wot niggly problems that cost hundreds of pounds?  ive had lots of cars that have had probs but this car takes the piss its one after another.....that aside i quite like this little gti its growing on me.
hopefully ill get her in top condition with a little tlc.

HEY DOOB YOU CAN GET OF YA SOAP BOX NOW!!!!!!

[nickm]

well i've just sold my golf and lost money---it was the end of a dream really and i suppose problems are to be expected on an older car, i don't think my golf was a particularly bad one but i'm 41 now and i remember messing around looking for misfires on escort mexicos and capri's over twenty years ago and i just don't think gti's are deserving enough of my time and money to be doing it all over again---good riddance too