Please note the interpolations - some as SWAGs, some as heartfelt
advice for your continued life and safety:
On May 29, 1:22 am, rossi <n... RemoveThis @000.com> wrote:
> can anyone offer any advice before I take a trip to the garage?
>
> i have recently aquired a lovely golf 1.6 1995.
> i was informed ’it plays up’ the locking is random and the lock on
> the boot will sound like it is trying to unlock for about a minute
> after i am in the car, ..... i managed 200 odd miles thinking... its
> fine:
Could be an intermittent ground.
, but it then decided to:
>
> shake quite hard on the left wheel area, whilst making a knocking
> noise.
Ball Joints, Tie Rod Ends, or whatever VW used for them at the time -
and potentially deadly. GET IT FIXED before driving ANY MORE. If you
must drive, stay off highways and stay less than 25 of whatever units
you drive in per hour.
> not accelerate when i wanted it to..
> rev like crazy when i didnt have my foot on the pedal.
> also the handbrake light flashes randomly..
See bad ground above.
> after being escorted off the motorway the RAC came out, said it was
> fine 
- can an electrical fault cause these problems?? ( since
> when did they make them computerised and electrised- i thought it was
> only houses that needed ’the electrics fixing?)
Yep. At rest, the ground might be fine.
> can anyone offer any advice please, so i have an idea when i take it
> in to the garage.
Two separate problems. Both annoying, one potentially deadly. One is
suspension & steering related based on your description, one is
electrical. And failing a bad ground, it could be a intermittent "hot"
connection as well, even both. With special reference to the main
engine & transmission grounds, and the battery connections - including
the mare's of multiple connections to the + terminal.
Get them fixed.
Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA
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thanks
Thank you very much for the information, i will now hopefully look like a woman who knows what the garage are on about