89 golf SPUTTERS can't figure it out!

[hoobs]

Hello I am new to this forum and I need my car repaired asap. I have an 89 golf 4 banger and this is my story...It has been sitting non runing for a year and up until recently I got her going again. It has 220.000 kms on it. It ran like crap at first...she would blow out black carbon and chug and sputter...the rad had a leak and the cooling system was like sludge...I so far have replaced the fuel filter,plugs,new rad, new hoses, flushed the entire system, new t-stat, new fan relay sensor. I put it back together yesterday and for 20 minutes of straight driving she ran great! idled fine and got her up to 130 km/h for a steady 10 minutes....when I got back home she idled fine, purred like a kitten. When I shut her off and re started her I drove it and she sputters...It goes good then sputters where I loose power and then it goes good for 1 minute and sputters again...after I let her sit over night , at first again she drives fine, but when I shut it off it sputters again...What could this be? I am very confused and impatient at this time.....Does anyone have any good advice?

[C-Lark]

have you messed with the air intake at all?... i know with mine i tried putting on a cone airfilter and it ran fine for a while then would sputter. it was because the MAF was properly secured and the extreme vibration the MAF was getting caused the car to sputter

[hoobs]

Originally Posted by SiLark

have you messed with the air intake at all?... i know with mine i tried putting on a cone airfilter and it ran fine for a while then would sputter. it was because the MAF was properly secured and the extreme vibration the MAF was getting caused the car to sputter

No I have not touched the intake at all,everything on the car is oem

[racemyjetta85]

you might want to check the fuel pump in the trunk, i had a similiar problem didnt realize there where 2 pumps, one under the car and one in thr trunk.. Change the trunk pump you probaly fix the problem

[AndrewWilliams]

How old is your fuel, and is there water in it and or your filters. Tip in a bit of metho, and see if thast fixes it?

If you ahvent I would replace your filters and drain the fuel asap.

[rol1in0n20s]

I had a similar problem after I bought my '88 Golf GL, sometimes it would run fine and sometimes it would bog and I'd have to nurse it to get it anywhere... Was going through a set of spark plugs every month and coughing out black smoke. Turned out to be the fuel pressure regulator.