Hiya,

I have a 1998 1.6 CL Golf MkIII that has a strange occasional cutting out
fault that's got me stumped. Engine is an AFT.

The engine will occasionally just cut out on me, just dies, no
stuttering, no warming, just stops. First thing I see is the rev counter
drop to zero. Then I realise the power steering's got heavy and I'm
coasting :-( I can't remember the state of the ignition lights after it's
cut out.

The car won't restart straight away, just turns over. If a wait about a
minute it restarts and I can carry on with no further problems for that
journey. The strangest thing is that it seems to happen at the same point
on my commute; about 5-6 minutes into the journey, and so far, only ever
once on any journey.

I've replaced the coil pack
The ignition lead to the coil pack
and now the distibutor (could have been the Hall sensor)....

When the distributor was replaced there were no fault codes in the ECU.

My next thought is the crank sensor, but this should (I believe) leave a
fault code in the ECU.

Has any one seen this behaviour?

Does anyone have a clue as to what might be causing it? It's starting to
annoy me now....


Cheers

Neil

Neil Jowsey wrote:
Hiya,

I have a 1998 1.6 CL Golf MkIII that has a strange occasional cutting out
fault that's got me stumped. Engine is an AFT.

The engine will occasionally just cut out on me, just dies, no
stuttering, no warming, just stops. First thing I see is the rev counter
drop to zero. Then I realise the power steering's got heavy and I'm
coasting :-( I can't remember the state of the ignition lights after it's
cut out.

The car won't restart straight away, just turns over. If a wait about a
minute it restarts and I can carry on with no further problems for that
journey. The strangest thing is that it seems to happen at the same point
on my commute; about 5-6 minutes into the journey, and so far, only ever
once on any journey.

I've replaced the coil pack
The ignition lead to the coil pack
and now the distibutor (could have been the Hall sensor)....

When the distributor was replaced there were no fault codes in the ECU.

My next thought is the crank sensor, but this should (I believe) leave a
fault code in the ECU.

Has any one seen this behaviour?

Does anyone have a clue as to what might be causing it? It's starting to
annoy me now....


Cheers

Neil
Change the relay for the ECU power. Always worth a shot and not
expensive. A common failure too.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=golf+relay+109