I had a problem at the end of last year with my Spitfire which, strangely,
is similar to a problem I've had with my 87 Jetta.
At about 2000 rpm, she threw a little temper tantrum- some roughness came on
which matched a problem I'm trying to diagnose with my other car.
The roughness makes it so that the car will not run over about 2100 rpm- it
just jerks right at 2100, no matter how high I try to rev it, until I
decelerate. Very frightening. The tach jumps between 0 & the actual
reading, and as soon as aI get off the gas (and bre\ing it below 2100), it
runs fine. The problem persists, at the same rpm point, when I try to rev
it in neutral- ie, it does not depend upon the load on the engine.
>From the history with the other car, it's not more prominent when it's hot
or cold- it happens whenever, though it seems to correlate with damp days
(or warm winter days- when it's wet) but not always- it's happened on
bone-dry, bone chilling winter days. I have been told it might be the fuel
system -fuel filter (replaced), fuel pump (?), or water in the fuel line
(damp days). Might it be Prince Lucas?
I know that I'm really asking about a problem with a Jetta in the wrong
place, (I've posted a silmilar message to the VW group I read) but when Bev
(the Spit) threw that tantrum last fall, I was really scared that maybe the
kids were scheming against me. Can anyone give some advice on this one?
Thanks, in advance, David
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dmbrock@julian.uwo.ca <David M Brock>
"Procrastinate" is the first entry of my "To Do" List.
I like it, because this way, I'm always working hard.
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