shail 0 Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I'm having the following probs:Last week the car started to have an unstable idle (tried to stall when clutch was in). It also produced black smoke from exhaust when it was spluttering in neutral. It would also misfire slightly when driving normally on the motorway, especially when I took my foot off the gas.Then yesterday it wouldn;t start properly. It would catch and the engine would turn over, but then immediatly stall (unless i put my foot on the gas). Then last night I overcooked the starter motor and now thats packed up as well. The starter motor going is another issue, but what could be causing the stalling / misfire? My spark plugs are 6 months old, and my HT leads are 12 months old. Link to post Share on other sites
dstyrrell 0 Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 i started to have problems of a similar nature, car would only start if i applied gas and generally ran like a pile of shite. took it too VW main dealer and the problem turned out to be the throttle body was coked up and not operating properly, so off it came and was given a mega clean and the car ran like a dream. according to the guy at VW this is a common problem with vr's. It might not be whats up with yours but its worth a try . Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts