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RE: VR6 EMERGENCY: Need everyone's help!!!



Is yours a '95 model? Earlier VR6's had an "idle stabilization valve". Check
all the hoses around the throttle body, and check for any bad sensors around
that area. Also check the airbox to see if anything is clogged up in there.
If you still have that snowscreen thing in the airbox remove it asap.

Kevin Ng
97 Jetta GLX Windsor Blue

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	D.J. Bergesen [SMTP:achtungvr6@hotmail.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, June 08, 2000 10:06 AM
> To:	jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject:	VR6 EMERGENCY: Need everyone's help!!!
> 
> Folks, this is a new problem (unless it has something to do with my 
> previously unanswered posts) involving start-up.
> 
> I got in my car with a low tank of gas. Not extraorinarily low, just ready
> 
> to be filled on my way to work. I put the key in and turned it -
> everything 
> fired up as normal. RPMs to 2500, then dropped off entirely. Not
> super-fast, 
> but not as slowly as they would coming down to idle. There was NOTHING 
> unusual in terms of sounds or anything, so I figured maybe I hadn't held
> the 
> key forward long enough. So I did it again. And so did it. RPMs shot up, 
> then sank to nothing. Third time I juiced the pedal right away, then
> stayed 
> on it, not letting revs drop past 1500. I drove cautiously around the bend
> 
> to the gas station and filled it up. Driving, I noticed the "Check Engine 
> light" on. As soon as I let the RPMs fall past 1K, the car shut itself
> off, 
> and I had to put all 165# on the brake pedal to avoid hitting the pump.
> 
> At the pump, I popped the hood. Visual inspection normal, olfactory 
> inspection normal. Filled up halfway, then started her up again. Revs UP, 
> Revs down. Again. Second try I stayed on the throttle and drove back home.
> 
> In the parking lot of the apt, I let off the gas, but this time the car
> DID 
> NOT die. Check engine light still on. Turned off the car, went upstairs to
> 
> grab the checkbook. Came down, started up no problem. Drove 7 miles
> through 
> town with no problem - not a hitch - despite stop-and-go. Parked at work, 
> turned off car. Waited. Started up again - no problem (except "C.E."
> light).
> 
> Ideas? I wanted to check the fuel filter, but wondered why I'd have the 
> emmissions related light with a faulty/clogged fuel filter. Bad injectors?
> 
> Maybe. But for either one I'd expect more stutter. everything was velvety 
> smooth, even when the car was dying. It just wouldn't hold its idle. Am I 
> way off base? I need to replace my belt, but don't really think it could
> be 
> related to that. I NEED YOUR HELP WISE JETTA OWNERS (and yes, GTI ones 
> too)!!!
> 
> God Bless,
> DJ
>