GTI running badly at low revs

[ModifiedMadness]

Lol, I'm borrowing my mates tool to do it cos he's a mechanic, but I'm planning on doing it myself so I actually learn from it, I expect i'll get him to give me a few pointers first but I'm quite happy to get in there, get dirty and get it done!

I'd like to know what I'm doing under the bonnet (the more technical stuff, not just topping up the washer fluid)

I know more about taking my brother's Astra Turbo engine apart

[NAZPOLOGTI]

hey, i had the same sort of problem, car was jerky at lower revs, i replaced spark leads, that did the job!....

[darranwrx]

im getting the same probs look at (NEED YOUR ADVICE thread) its starting to get on me t*ts.
ive cleaned the airfilter, was a few thousand flies etc in there. was a little oil around the filter ?
cleaned the leads with WD and some wire wool, took the plugs out cleaned them and the sockets
put aload of Redex and then carb cleaner in the carb, does seem a bit better but will change the plugs at the weekend

[loud]

as I advise everyone when i see threads like this - clean your throttle body, it appears to be the problem 99% of the time and costs like £4 for a can of carb cleaner.

I did a very brief guide here a while ago:

http://www.tigerstyle.co.uk/poloforum/v ... 23407ad4ef