Donna,

The good news is that you should be able to find the problem relatively
easily with an engine scan tool.  If you go to Auto Zone they will check
your codes for free and print you out a listing of them.
That should help you find the problem.  It could be any number of things
but unless it is purely mechanical in nature it should generate a code
and point you in the right direction that way.

Hope this helps,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

Donna Skarloken wrote:
> 1999 TDI New Beetle; it hesitates (not a stall, just a hesitation) at about
> 1800 rpm and now it's doing it 2,000-2200 rpm at freeway speeds.  Very
> disconcerting.  Also, accleration is not that good; on my 98 I don't ever
> get the pedal down to the floor; in some instances with the 99 I have to
> push the pedal all the way to the floor to get a decent response.  Doesn't
> seem to be the turbo; at idle it sounds fine.  Fuel mileage seems normal.
>
> I just had the timing belt done, but it was doing the hesitation at 1800 rpm
> before that.  Also, before the timing belt was done, and it has continued,
> the car is hard to start after it is warmed up.  Starts fine in the morning,
> but when warm have to do extra cranking.  That was one of the reasons we did
> the timing belt, plus it was due.
>
> If I can't get this resolved I'll have to daily drive my Syncro and sell the
> TDI; that's not a bad thing except I have a long commute and it burns up a
> lot of gas.  I am really weary of the foibles of my 98 and 99 TDI and in
> fact have a buyer for the 98; hopefully that deal is done this weekend.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions and sorry for the LVC content, but I'm stuck at
> work with a long commute and it's kind of urgent.  My shop can't get me in
> until Friday.
>
> DoughNut (Donna), 87 Syncro
>
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