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hi all i have a 1.4 cl, jst recently brought it and having a few problems with it, when accelratiing the car seems to judder through accelration, when the car is in neutral its revs absolutly fine? help

Check your ignition parts, especially dizzy cap and rotor arm, then move on to spark plug cables and plugs. I would guess one of these is the culprit.

Hi mate just had same prob ended up being spark plugs good luck log

ive changed the spark plugs and checked the dizzy and leads all seems to be fine, its just wen ur accelerating u can feel the car juddering as u accerate but im sure its not mis fring

Hi mate like i said last hight my polo same ass yours was doing same it would rev like hell out of gear but put it in gear and it would judder like it was trying to pul pet through .I was told to change h t leads sparks pet filter or temp sender i did all this the plugs was last thing i changed and it hapend to be the plugs giving my polo the same probs ass u got but may be it is one of the others on yours the man who help me was an expert with much experience his name is alex perkins he is prob on line give him a shout hope u r as lucky as i was to replace all parts cost me less than 30 pound alot cheaper than tacking her to v w steelers

stick some injecter cleaner fluid into your fuel tank mate, sounds like your injectors are spluttering

mine sometimes has a similar problem, causes the rev counter to go mental, happened after a recent gearbox, driveshaft and cat change, not too much hassle as it only rarely does it. 1400 miles with the only problems being a dodgy exhaust and taillight wiring. either goin back to a Mk3 or gettin a honda civic

Hi guys.

I experience the same issues.
VW Polo 2002, 1.2, petrol.
Fuel filter was changed, air filter was cleaned...what else can I do?

Alex Perkins can help please?

Change your spark plugs and if that doesn’t fix it, the three coil packs.

Thanks Alex.
I just went last week to the garage.
They said the spark plugs were okay.
One coil was defect and was changed.

Should I still go ahead and change the spark plugs?

Don’t always trust garages and what they say. If one coil he failed the others are often on their way

Thank you again!

How do I check if coil or spark plugs are bad?

You’d have to look at the spark plugs after they are removed one by one and assess the electrode condition and the color of the tip

Coils are hard to check. It’s normally a case of just replace as there’s only three on your engine