Even though my 92 GTI is a 8V I've just gone through basically the same thing. It turned out to be a massive air leak caused by the intake boot having a tear in it big enough to drive a truck through but, being on the bottom side, it wasn't visible during a casual, head scratching inspection. A new boot and resetting the ignition timing got it sorted out.
On 19 May 2012, at 09:33, Steven Arguello wrote: After it starting it all winter. I put in fresh gas (tank was empty). Jumped the battery, it started 1st try, idled a little rough for about 4 seconds then died. 2nd time same thing. It idle was smoother. Ever since, it'll run perfectly for less than 5 secs and die no matter how much throttle input. I've never messed with the fuel pumps except for that keep alive wire from the coil coming loose. I hear the pump come on when I key the ignition, after the engine quits, the pump runs for another second. Any ideas? _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list
