Man, I have been working so hard on my 2.3T that I haven't been on here in a long time. Well, until I have a problem...which is now
The car the last month had been puttering around once in a while just like it was having a miss or something. Maybe once every trip. Then one day it started freaking out and puttering then it would shut off. I would start it (driving down the interstate btw) and would be good for a few minutes. Then it would either shut off again or the tach would go to 0 and but the engine would be on, but barely, like a just a couple hundred RPM's. Sometimes the tach would jump around as well. If you hit the gas while it was almost shut off it would be very hesitant and sometimes go back to normal and other times just shut off.
It shut off on me, trying to get back home, like 6 times in 3 miles. This appears to be an electrical thing.
Plugs and wires are pretty new. Msd is has about 25,000 miles. Jacobs box looks pretty old though.
I would appreaciate any help on where to get started. Thanks guys
The car the last month had been puttering around once in a while just like it was having a miss or something. Maybe once every trip. Then one day it started freaking out and puttering then it would shut off. I would start it (driving down the interstate btw) and would be good for a few minutes. Then it would either shut off again or the tach would go to 0 and but the engine would be on, but barely, like a just a couple hundred RPM's. Sometimes the tach would jump around as well. If you hit the gas while it was almost shut off it would be very hesitant and sometimes go back to normal and other times just shut off.
It shut off on me, trying to get back home, like 6 times in 3 miles. This appears to be an electrical thing.
Plugs and wires are pretty new. Msd is has about 25,000 miles. Jacobs box looks pretty old though.
I would appreaciate any help on where to get started. Thanks guys