need help, can't find the running problem 16v

[treed2@u.washington.edu (T. Reed)]

This might sounds stupid but take a look at your electrical system.
Especially your grounds - VWs are notorious for having poor factory
grounds..

I just drove home yesterday with my coolant gauge pegged and reverse
lights on because my main ground cable got loose (it was a quick fix
about a year ago with a self-tapping screw). Weird stuff happens when you
have a bad ground. My starter wouldn't click so I had to push start the
car but there was plenty of battery power and I could turn on my stereo,
blower, high beams, etc.

I put in a new ground and polished up all the ground lugs and the car
starts right away and it has a bit more power too... maybe the spark plugs
are getting a good ground now ;)

I've noticed from past ground problems that they tend to stick out like a
sore thumb when the car is cold. When it warms up they sort-of go away..
not sure why this is but your problem sounds a little bit like that.

HTH

-Toby

On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, brett cooke wrote:

> here are the symptoms the car is currently displaying. when you first start
> the car it runs rough and misses real bad in the low rpm's (1k-2k), but revs
> good in the higher rpm's. after five minutes or so the first time you hit
> the gas the car dies. if you then wait about 10mins and crank the crap out
> of the car it starts up and runs perfect. you can drive it wherever and it
> runs for hours.
>   recent work includes new transfer pump, replaced hall sender, new fuel
> filter, and the standard tune up. any ideas here? i'm running out rapidly f
> ideas of what can be wwrong with this damn car. tia
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