OT - b3 16v passat issues

[vze28h54 at verizon.net (Chris)]

My car acted kind of like that when the fuel relay was going bad.

Chris

At 09:51 PM 08/28/2004 -0400, Allyn wrote:
>Fellow listers,
>
>ok, now for the issues, as interpreted/translated from the wife:
>- throughout all of this - engine temp was normal
>- bucked very slightly intermittently. hitting gas harder only resulted in 
>engine choking out completely.
>- 30 minutes later, bucking got worse, eventually had to pull over.
>- once pulled over, turning off ignition was followed by a few seconds of 
>diesel action.
>- wait 10 minutes, start 'er up, purrs like kitten, drives fine (even 
>under hard acceleration).
>- ~10 minutes into driving, bucking cycle repeats, along with the diesel 
>action on shutdown.
>- went slightly further between bucking events - with heat blasting.