Polo Kangerooing problem

[chris_newton]

Hi all i have a 1999 V reg Polo 1.4 CL and it has started to judder / kangeroo when i drive. The thing is it does not do it all the time, i will try and explain what it does.

When you first start it up and its idling, you can sometimes here it, its like its missing a beat and the whole car shudders as if its trying to cut out for a second. when it does this i know its going to kangeroo when i drive it, and it does it in all gears when i press accelerator it judders.

However when i start the car up sometimes its fine and driver perfectly BUT if i am in say the wrong gear and it judders naturally then this seems to start it off and it will do it from then on.

I have had new spark plugs put in it last week and its still the same, my mechanic said it could be the spark plug leads but i had new ones last year so it seems unlikely that this could be the problem.

Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this?

Thanks all

chris

[alexperkins]

Coil pack maybe. It sounds like a misfire. Maybe try cleaning the throttle body out as it could have something to do with low revs

[kipper]

i had a similar problem to this the other week and i found out 2 of my spark plug leads were loose. once i pushed them in properly and checked them all properly the car worked fine..

could always try checking the leads arnt loose. wont hurt to check.

[C4RLMILLICHIP]

Tar because my feels like its starting to do it too

ill have a look weekend now i no what to check

Thanks