Hi Tony, I had those problems often when I had my 16v.
Check this site: http://www.iders.com/alexweb/ Alex made a super duper job collecting info on the legendary idle / 16v bucking problem. Make sure you check your O2 sensor (mine was cracked in 2!) and your ECU grounding (very very very important!) Hope this helps Francois -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Pelletier [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 8:44 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [A2-16v] motronic idle & bucking problems. Hi everyone, My car is having some problems lately (other than the alternator fans flying through the hood & a cracked dowpipe) Most of the time it drives & idles beautifully. Once in a while after a long drive it will start to ilde erratically. The idle will wander between 950-1100 rpm over and over again. When this occurs the car also devolops a low speed buck (no its not a torn airboot). I thought it was the idle stabiliser but I put a spare in and its no different. Here is the funny thing, if I shut the car off and restart it, it goes away. My friends gti 16v is doing the exact same thing. Any ideas? Tony __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ A2-16v mailing list [email protected] http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v For list archives, see listinfo link above.
