Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote: : Hi;
: Have a 86 GTI that has suddenly started misbehaving in first gear... : surging/stalling.
: This started after my son decided to give someone lessons in how to drive : stick on the car (without asking/telling me)
: It's very annoying... once out of first gear it seems ok so I don't think : related to clutch wear...
It's gotten worse, much worse... now it's first and second gear, almost impossible to get the car moving... it's almost like the car is dropping into gear... I'm thinking either trans link alignment or clutch :-(
Its as if you put the car in first, then drop the clutch...the surge/stall effect...