I'd check the fuel transfer pump.

I thought you already had an A2 GTI 16v that you could
use for auto-x?

-josh


--- [email protected] wrote:
> My friend's 1987 16v GLI is having some problems. 
> The car runs 
> fine, makes good power, etc 90% of the time. 
> However, once in a 
> while it'll randomly lose power and start stumbling
> and hesitating 
> really badly.  If he turns the car off and back on
> again, the problem 
> goes away.  It seems completely random.  Any ideas
> what it might 
> be???  It doesn't seem like there's a vacum leak
> anywhere...
> 
> Only other thing that might be of interest is that
> the head was off the 
> car this summer because it overheated and trashed a
> head gasket.  
> The VW dealership he had it done at said the timing
> belt was off a 
> tooth and they fixed it.  Replaced the fan
> thermoswitch at the same 
> time.
> 
> And on another note, if anyone wants to trade my
> clean-ish Audi 
> 5000 turbo quattro for a clean A2 or scirocco, let
> me know.  I want a 
> nice simple, light car for autocrossing and driving
> to work when my 
> (newer) Jetta GLX is having repairs done to it...the
> Audi is just too 
> complex to keep around as just my spare car.
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Josh Wyte 
Momentum Motorsports
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