CAR BROKE

[DOCKERMEL]

help on me way home my car kept cutting out. it stopped all together,it starts first time but then dies.. any help mk3 8v gti.. thx

[95gtipete]

Throttle body

[DOCKERMEL]

stupid car. went back to it about an hour later it went fine. drove it home replaced the coil,rotor arm and dizzy cap. went for a drive it still keeps cutting out. any ideas.

[Dan34]

clean out the throttle body that should sort it

[Rob Needham]

i had exactly the same problem and was the lambda probe, who knows tho could be many things....Vag-com, only way to know for sure!

[kells]

sounds more like the usual relay fault if you ask me, and possibly faulty ignition switch is another thing it could be

[Guy]

sounds more like the usual relay fault if you ask me, and possibly faulty ignition switch is another thing it could be

ignition switch would just be no sparky at all... would it not?

[kells]

sounds more like the usual relay fault if you ask me, and possibly faulty ignition switch is another thing it could be

ignition switch would just be no sparky at all... would it not?

nope...

its exactly the symptoms of what mine did, intermittant working and genrally just pissing me off, if you messed with the wires on the back of the switch it would run, it also would run if you held the key on as far as you could

common fault on the 3 is the ignition switch, changed mine and its now fine (did this after changing all the bleedin relays)

[Guy]

sounds more like the usual relay fault if you ask me, and possibly faulty ignition switch is another thing it could be

ignition switch would just be no sparky at all... would it not?

nope...

its exactly the symptoms of what mine did, intermittant working and genrally just pissing me off, if you messed with the wires on the back of the switch it would run, it also would run if you held the key on as far as you could

common fault on the 3 is the ignition switch, changed mine and its now fine (did this after changing all the bleedin relays)

my ignition switch worked fine on my journey to the supermarket... then when i finished my shopping it was dead and wouldn't start at all

that was annoying

[DOCKERMEL]

ok where is the thottle body and how do i clean it??  thx any idea which relay, will try all the cheap fixes first.