Volkswagen Polo Saloon - 1996 vw polo cutting out

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Wed 13 Oct 2010 14:11
Volkswagen Polo Saloon - 1996 vw polo cutting out - steve129

my vw polo cuts out completely randomly; Idling, accelerating, slowing down, traveling at a constant speed.


so far, it has had 3 different coils fitted, new plug leads, new distributor, new crank shaft censor lambda censor has been cleaned. throttle body cleaned.

completely out of ideas. has this problem been heard of before?
any solutions? Thanks, steve

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Thu 14 Oct 2010 00:04
Volkswagen Polo Saloon - 1996 vw polo cutting out - Dutchie

Hello,battery checked?New plugs with the plug leads any cracks in the leads?

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Thu 14 Oct 2010 00:24
Volkswagen Polo Saloon - 1996 vw polo cutting out - Railroad.

Check for bad connections in the fusebox. Very common on these.....

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Mon 25 Oct 2010 23:12
Volkswagen Polo Saloon - 1996 vw polo cutting out - GBR230

Steve, I have the same problem on a '95 Polo with an AEE Engine. I have just replaced the battery, ignition coil, distributor cap (Bosh) and rotor arm. As its an intermittent fault its a such pain. I had a fault on the fuse box once before which was fixed and the ignition switch failed and had new contacts fitted a few years ago. Just seen this post from 2008 http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/posts/?t=69262 which suggests to replace the fuel pump relay. Unfortunately there are no more posts after that so I guess it worked and so did not come back!

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