My 1.8 16V Jetta GTX use to shutter on the first take off of the day. All I did was get the fuel mixture set and no problems, but occasionally it does shutter but its very rare and its not as bad as it use to be.
When I had my fuel mixture the orrigional rivot VW placed in the spot was still there. Which means the mixture had never been adjusted. Mark Reda. 89 Jetta GTX 16V smerkur wrote: > > Well, what I paid is another story... He was asking $5700, I got him down to > 5 even. Then he was interested in a '90 Jetta Carat that someone gave me > (clean car many problems, "girl" color [light metallic green]). We finally > settled for $47k. > Yes, the car shudders when you take off, unless you poke it immediately. It > will also do the vrummp, vrummp, vrummp thing if you try to crawl along in > 1st gear. Motor mount eh? Which one? > The fuel injector lines are steel with rubber sleeves over them. Does this > indicate a genuine 2.0? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: brandt delorenzo <[email protected]> > To: smerkur <[email protected]>; Neil Hartman <[email protected]>; > A2-16v list <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 8:54 PM > Subject: Re: New ride, minor glitches, couple mysteries > > > Hey, you picked up a good car, how much did you pay? > > > > To check if it is a 2.0 or a 1.8, look at the fuel > > injection lines. If they are steel braided, it is a > > 1.8l. Probably replaced the hood as you said, I dont > > think they would make one 1.8...:P > > > > I also have the hesitation problem under 2k rpm...I > > need to replace a mount...does the car shudder when > > you first start out? > > > > Brandt > > > > 87 GTI 8v (dead) > > 89 GTI 16v > > > > --- smerkur <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just picked up a '91 GTi 16V, 67k miles, straight > > > and cherry in and out. Car > > > is reputed to be a 2.0L. Looks like all of them > > > were that year, however, > > > the "engine family" sticker under the hood refers to > > > a 1.8, 1781cc, etc. Are > > > they all that way, is the hood a replacement, or > > > have I been had? Is there > > > another way to verify engine size by block numbers > > > or markings? The motor > > > pulls nicely, even down low - seems to be more > > > powerful than my '88 GLi 16V. > > > > > > I also have a hesitation problem. The car came with > > > the TT chip and > > > exhaust. I checked for air leaks like someone has > > > suggested - negative > > > result. Reset the timing by light, but no > > > improvement. > > > > > > Also, there's a brown wire that's unattached under > > > the hood. It comes from > > > the firewall and has a right-angle spade terminal > > > attached to it that looks > > > like it was pulled off a rivet type connection. When > > > I ground it out, the > > > rad fan comes on. My old Haynes manual has lousy > > > wiring schematics (time for > > > a Bentley). Fan still comes on when motor is hot > > > enough. Can anyone I.D this > > > wire? Hint: it was found laying around by the fuel > > > distributor and is not > > > long enough to reach anything on the front side of > > > the block. > > > > > > Sorry for all the questions all at once. I've been > > > stuck in digest mode after > > > joining with no way to post to the list (that I > > > could see). > > > > > > TIA > > > Neil > > > > > > '91 GTi 16V > > > history of H20 addiction > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com > > _____________ > > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] > with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with > 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
