Okay guys...
I'm experiencing a major loss of power and bad sputtering with my 89 Gti
16v. I believe my spark plug wires are shot but i'm now 100% sure.The car has sat for over 3 months. Last week i took it to a mechanic to check it out and make sure nothing major was wrong. He said the car was starved for fuel and my spark plugs were loose and that he would tighten em.
Other than that he said the car was fine.
I got the car back last monday and i could tell the car was starving for fuel especially until the engine warmed up completely. Once the engine was warmed up it seemed fine and was running very well.
Well, each day i drove the car the symptoms of power loss and sputtering got worse and worse. The fuel that was in the tank was old so i filled up the tank with premium gas and put in some fuel injection cleaner. I also cleaned my air filter.
I drove the car for another day but now the car has almost no power and the engine is sputtering and shaking 95% of the time. Occasionlly the sputtering will stop and the car will feel fine but in the blink of an eye the symptoms return.
Now the cars sitting again and i dont know what to do...new plug wires arent cheap for this car so i wanna be sure thats the problem.
So my question is...would bad spark plug wires cause that much of a power loss and the symptoms i described?? Is there a easy way to tell if the wires are shot??
I replaced the distributor last year because there was oil leaking from it. The symptoms were similar at that time before i replaced it. (power loss, sputtering) I also know the wires are probably 3-4 years old.
Hope that all makes sense...any help greatly appreciated
thanks
Ryan W