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01 1.4 Golf Jerking and kicking

  • 01-10-2011 7:13pm
    #1
    Mark27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 129 ✭✭


    Hi have a 01 golf and for about the last 2 months when im driving it, sometimes the car start to kicks, almost as if im in the wrong gear, even though im not. Seems to loose power for half a second then on again. Have had it serviced but dont know much about cars. Can anybody advise?

    Petrol Car


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  • #2
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,762 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Clutch perhaps?


  • #3
    Avns1s
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,423 ✭✭✭Avns1s


    Nothing to do with the clutch.

    Could be many things but I'd start by checking / changing the spark plugs and then the plug leads. (I am assuming it's petrol).


  • #4
    johnayo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭johnayo


    Mark27 wrote: »
    Hi have a 01 golf and for about the last 2 months when im driving it, sometimes the car start to kicks, almost as if im in the wrong gear, even though im not. Seems to loose power for half a second then on again. Have had it serviced but dont know much about cars. Can anybody advise?

    Does it bring on the engine management light when it is acting up?


  • #5
    C4Kid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭C4Kid


    Don't know about You OP, but I've the 1.4 engine and it hesitates on acceleration under light loads usually between 1000- 2000 RPM. Funny think is that it only happens sometimes as opposed to all the time.

    So far I've :

    - Cleaned the Throttle Body

    - Full service, new plugs, oil ,filters etc.

    - New fuel filter(thought it might be blocked and needed doing anyway, 150,000 mls on the original)

    And after all that it still remains, my last guess is HT Leads as one of the other posters mentioned. I'm currently waiting for them to be deivered.


  • #6
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    Throttle body or EGR valve suspect. Check and see if they are any fault codes. Also the rocker cover seal can leak oil down around the plugs causing misfires.


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  • #7
    C4Kid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 480 ✭✭C4Kid


    Plug wrote: »
    Throttle body or EGR valve suspect. Check and see if they are any fault codes. Also the rocker cover seal can leak oil down around the plugs causing misfires.

    You're on the ball ;),Forgot to mention I've that rocker cover leak you describe, it leaves a pool of oil in the area around the plugs over time. I clean it up every 2 weeks.I seem to think it's that because it goes away for a while after being cleaned and comes back when the oil builds up around the plugs. Definitly worth a look.


  • #8
    Mar4ix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,352 ✭✭✭Mar4ix


    connect to vag com , check car for any faults, could be crankshaft sensor, airmeter ... e.t.c.


  • #9
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Just out of curiosity check and make sure the battery is properly connected to the car :)


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