Re: Jetta Speech Impediment

["S. Joseph Mann" <joem@pswtech.com>]

A friend and damn good VW mechanic said something about a possibly loose injector
connection.  I don't know.

Joe

Khan M. Klatt wrote:

> At 11:27 PM -0500 2/16/98, AllisonFeldhusen wrote:
>
> Could also be spark plugs or a very closely related part...
>
> I'm not an engineer by any means, but this could be it.
>
> -K
>
> >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!!
> >>
> >>