VR6 Lack of power

[ScienceVR6]

Latly my VR6 has been playing up and losing power after it had been sitting idleing at the traffic lights. After strugling through the power loss, i back off and let the car idle, and it clears up and goes as well as ever. WHATS GOING ON!! This is giving me the ****s.

[gpk_gti]

um,,,remember when u didnt change the oil when it was time??? well,,,,payback is a bit@%...............lol

[ScienceVR6]

no, surely it can't be user abuse..........

[Jmac]

Mate you need a scan on your ecu mate to check your sensors. First port of call. Air/fuel ratio problem by the sounds

[rayray086]

Have you got the A/C on? It's been bloody hot these days.

[Golf Loon]

Did you change the oil and get it serviced yet?

[DVR68U]

compression tests are easy to do, i always try to do them when ever i have the plugs out. sounds like it could be a bad fuel pickup, maybe your pump filter in the tank is blocked , so it will only pump a small amount of fuel. and when you nail it it gets used , they when you back off the fuel pump catches up. worth thinking about.
cheers brenton

[gpk_gti]

no, surely it can't be user abuse..........

hahahahhaha,,, from u??? nooooooooooo !!!!!! hahahaha sorry mate,,,,hope its something simple!

[BlackVr6ix]

I'll bring my laptop and Vagcom to the cruise and scan it for you mate.

[Jmac]

VAGCOm to the rescue!!!!! Fuel pressure gauge,vac gauge, compression gauge best tools in the kit hey!!
Good luck

[BlackVr6ix]

I'm not that good hahaha, just the cable and a dirty laptop.

[vr6mike]

Yeah think I have a similar problem, not as bad as Science described, mine normally occurs whilst already moving at low speeds, accelerate and there's no power for a few seconds (like there's no fuel) then it kicks in and all back to normal. very annoying!