Cutting Out VW Golf CL

The car is a J reg mark 3 if that helps ?

VW Internet wrote:

You could start by cleaning the throttle body and idle stabilisation
valve. Does the car run well other than this problem?

Chris Hi,
             The car runs well, its recently had a service, hoping that
would cure the problem.

VW Internet wrote:

In that case, check the vacuum hoses like Jon B suggested, and try
cleaning the ISV like myself and another poster suggested.

Jon also suggested a leaky gasket or seal- in particular check the one
that seals the injector body (I'm assuming single-point injection, as
it's a CL) to the inlet manifold.

for us not in the UK, what year is 'J' and what type of ECU the car has?

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Eduardo Hi,
                 Not sure what J is, i think its 93.

Asuming its inyected, the computer should keep the car from stalling (cutting
out) at slow speeds. Assuming also that it only cuts out at low speeds, the
most likely culprit is the IAC, which in all 93s I've seen is a cilindrical
metal thing near the intake manifold with two hoses and an electrical connector
attached.

I would start by taking that thing out and cleaning it with carb cleaner.


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Eduardo K.           | Some say it's forgive and forget.
http://www.carfun.cl |  I say forget about forgiving just accept.
http://e.nn.cl |  And get the hell out of town.
                     |                      Minnie Driver, Grosse Point Blank

Eduardo,
Ok, there is 1 way to learn, and it dosnt sound to hard to clean a carb out,
by just spraying carb cleaner.
I wont take it apart tho.



(cutting

You dont have to take it apart at all. Just disconnect the hoses and the
electrical connector. Then spray the carbcleaner inside the device and
years of crap will come out :)


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Eduardo K.           | Some say it's forgive and forget.
http://www.carfun.cl |  I say forget about forgiving just accept.
http://e.nn.cl |  And get the hell out of town.
                     |                      Minnie Driver, Grosse Point Blank

It's 1992 Don't know what ECU, but since it's a CL it's probably a 1.8
single-point injection.

Chris,
       The Engine is a 1.4

Carburated?


--
Eduardo K.           | Some say it's forgive and forget.
http://www.carfun.cl |  I say forget about forgiving just accept.
http://e.nn.cl |  And get the hell out of town.
                     |                      Minnie Driver, Grosse Point Blank

Eduardo K. wrote:

I'll bet it's injected. It's about the time that catalysts became a
legal requirement here in the UK (1992-1993).

I don't think the 1.4 (or indeed any mk3 Golf) ever came with a carb
anyway.

I'd try looking for vacuum leaks around the ISV and on top of the cam
cover. On my GTI (mk2) there is a small rubber gasket, that splits and
you get those symptons.
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Jon B Hi,
              The cam belt has just been replaced, and the water pump was
totally corroded,
On the drive home, it cut out, again.

Has this only just started since the cambelt was changed? If so suspect
the timing is out. If not as covered before look for little rubber
hoses/gaskets around the inlet and top of cam cover if any of those are
split it will run badly


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