OT: Jetta incident.

[vwsportruck at yahoo.com (Mark Bednarz)]

Hi Greg,
   
  I just had the same thing happen within the last week with my '80 Scirocco and the culprit was the coil. I replaced it with a Bosch and it was about  $80.00. I'm assuming the fuel filter would be cheaper if you are going for cheapest fix, but I'd be more than likely to think that you have a coil problem.
   
  -=Mark
  '80 Scirocco
  '81 Rabbit Sportruck
  '00 Passat GLX Wagon

Greg Pallett <greg.rocco@gmail.com> wrote:
  The car: 1991 Jetta 8v, 200k miles, stock motor. Had new
cap/rotor/wires/plugs/airfilter back in the spring.

Driving in to work today, it gave a huge.. buck? Like a misfire, but it was
very noticable, not just a little misfire. Then later on the drive it
repeatedly would buck, and I feared for the car - that it would stay running
and get me the last 2 miles to work! It stalled at idle at a stoplight, but
started right up.
Before leaving work I gave it a quick visual inspection. It was 1/2 a quart
low on oil, but all the important looking wires and things seemed to be in
place.
It was hard to start, requiring t a little more cranking than usual. It
stalled once at a light on the way home, and required a lot of cranking to
restart. Then it ran like a top the rest of the way home.
It has 2/3 a tank of gas. I should mention that I didn't change the fuel
filter in the spring. Since it's condition is unknown, I should go ahead
and change that. Another symptom was that when 'bucking' the tach would
fluctuate wildly. Could be normal, if it was a misfire, or is it a sign of
a problem with the coil?
So, Suguestions on what to look for?

Thanks gang!

GP

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