Hello, my 89 Jetta 8v is experiencing a problem recently:
>At any speed, and at any gear (3 speed auto, I can't be sure, but most
>likely in 3rd when the problem happens... but could have been other), the
>car would suddenly "loose power" for not even 1 second, maybe 1/2 second or >so.
>It feels like what happens when you suddenly release the pedal, and then
>quickly re-apply it. I didn't get a chance to look at the tach, because it
>happens so sudden, and when I looked, it's back to normal.
>Could this be a spark plug issue? or maybe the distributor needs cleaning??
My tip is the Hall sensor in the distributor. Broken wires or cooked sensor.