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    interesting situation

    Hey Fellas!

    Yesterday I was driving my 95 Ibiza GTi along quite casually, when I hit a bump and all of a sudden the accelerator decided it didn't want to do anything, and the car lost revs, came to a stop and stalled. I immediately started it back up and it drove away very normally and I've experienced no further issues!
    I have no idea what may have caused it. However recently its had a bit of a cold start issue. Any hazard guesses?

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    You might have dislodged a plug somewhere. It's still connected but not making a very good contact on all terminals.

    Try unplugging all electrical connectors and replugging. Might clear up the cold start problem.

    Cheers

    Paul

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    I've since discovered my dissy cap was pretty badly worn out. So it's been swapped out and cold start issue doesn't exist.

    Interestingly, I haven't had the car lose power since. I keep thinking it might have been lightning. I was driving through a thunder storm.

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    how old is the battery/////maybe lead-sludge in it caused it to fla=tline until it settled again after the jolt !!
    german - english translations esp vw documents!!

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