Any VW Techs in here?

[Mr. Crusader 83]

My girlfriend has a 2000 VW Jetta 2.0L non turbo. She just had a new a/c compresser and condenser put in the car. When the A/C was on it would stutter in first gear off the line. I took out the old Champion plugs and put in new Bosch plugs yesterday. After that it idels fine, if you hold it at 2000 rpms its fine. But if you put your foot into it it stutters all the way up the rpms untill you get to 3500. If you drive the car it has very little power and is stuttering up till 3500 rpms and then she takes off. And now it has a check engine light on. How do I get the code to call VW?
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.

[phebus]

Sean, go down to Auto Zone. They have a code reader and will check for free.
Long time no see..............

[Mr. Crusader 83]

Sean, go down to Auto Zone. They have a code reader and will check for free.
Long time no see..............
Thanks Rick. Yeap it has been awhile. Hows the new poon-toon?

[Mr. Crusader 83]

anyone else?

[Big Kahunaa]

could be a iac motor or fuel problem

[riverratrob]

anyone else?on some they have eletronic coil packs for each wire that could be a poss...

[riverratrob]

on some they have eletronic coil packs for each wire that could be a poss...also check for any vacum leaks that can cuase a car to run like shit.

[Mr. Crusader 83]

on some they have eletronic coil packs for each wire that could be a poss...
It has 1 coil pack with an ignition modular on it for all 4 cyl.

[Mr. Crusader 83]

could be a iac motor or fuel problem
whats an iac motor?

[OCMerrill]

IAC is the Idle Air control motor.
Is the car a manual trans?
If so I would say she needs a clutch. Sounds as if its slipping which causes loss of power applied and a shudder.
Should be completely unrelated to AC work unless they set the old compressor on top ofthe motor and spilled all the old oil from it onto the bell housing and got the flywheel wet with oil. Boy that's reaching.
On edit - I reread your post and you could have an Auto trans issue. Definatley need the code pulled. Could be a trans cylinoid or the like.

[Big Kahunaa]

idle air control may be called some thing else on a vw i cant realy tell any thing with out a code

[Mr. Crusader 83]

IAC is the Idle Air control motor.
Is the car a manual trans?
If so I would say she needs a clutch. Sounds as if its slipping which causes loss of power applied and a shudder.
Should be completely unrelated to AC work unless they set the old compressor on top ofthe motor and spilled all the old oil from it onto the bell housing and got the flywheel wet with oil. Boy that's reaching.
defently not a clutch. its a stutter like a miss. no power. not slipping. and it is a 5 speed.

[Mr. Crusader 83]

idle air control may be called some thing else on a vw i cant realy tell any thing with out a code
is there a way to get the code without a scanner? i know toyota and honda you can get the code without a scan tool.

[Big Kahunaa]

no it's odb 2 scaner only

[Mr. Crusader 83]

no it's odb 2 scaner only
i will go to auto zone and get her scanned after work.

[phebus]

Figure it out?

[Big Kahunaa]

i need the vin with the code