Re: Jetta Speech Impediment

[AllisonFeldhusen <afeldhus@bbn.com>]

I had almost the exact same problem with my '95.  It turned out to be two
bad wires and a bad ignition  coil.  It took the dealer several tries to
find it ( the usual can not recreate problem) till I had them spray a light
mist over the open engine compartment and watch the electrical storm.

 -al

At 08:46 PM 2/16/98 -0700, you wrote:
>OK, here's a bothersome problem... my Jetta stutters!
>Car: '94 GLX w/87,000 miles.
>Maintenence: Regular and Loving.
>Problem: Upon acceleration, it seems as if a cylinder or two is missing.
>Power is lacking, but it never comes too close to stalling. This happens
>whether I'm starting from a dead stop or giving it a little more juice on
>the freeway. When I'm driving steadily, at any speed, it doesn't stutter,
>but may miss a beat once in a while. It first happened a half-tank after
>filling up somewhere in Utah, and stopped for a few hundred miles when I
>dumped a bunch of injector cleaner and some more gas in. Whenever it would
>recur for the next 1500 miles, I dumped more stuff in. Injector cleaner,
>44K, Fuel treatment, tomato juice, basically anything I could lay hands on,
>except actual alcohol. It seems to happen in damp weather. It hadn't
>occurred for about 300 miles or so, so I thought, "Hey, bad gas, and I
>finally burned it off." Then it happened again today.
>I've got just under 1000 miles left on my aftermarket warranty.
>Of course.
>So, has anyone out there seen this? I'm thinking in terms of electrical
>problem, but then again, the disappearance of the problem when proper
>chemicals are applied (in lethal doses) would seem to suggest gas problems,
>but then again, maybe the wires dry out when I stop to add the Stuff...
>Help!!
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