96 Idle Problem

I have a 96 jetta lll. It is have a problem holding its idel. The idle was jumping up and down for the past couple weeks. Now the car will not stay running with keeping my foot on the gas anyone got a cure.

Has the Check Engine Light some on through any of this? If so, have you checked the output codes?

I had something similar a couple weeks back, but it was not isolated to just those symptoms and I think I took care of it by taking care of the other items.

I got the engine light checked these are the codes that came up 102 mas or volume air flow circuit,510 closed throuttle position switch malfunction,1580 electronic throttle monitor pcm override,1582 electronic throttel monitor data available. What doses this mean?

I wish I had an OBD scan tool, need to put that in my Xmas list. I still do my fix ups the old fashion way pull parts and replace. By what I read it sound like faulty gas delivery. I would check your fuel pressure regulator.
Tacuvito.

It sounds like you're in for a throttle valve replacement soon. Those codes can be a pain to go through the diagnosis, most often it's a bad valve/module unit. Check out the many threads on the subject. There's the cleaning option that will sometimes work, but with the codes you have it's doubtful. If you want to diagnose it yourself get a Bentley manual and a VAG-COM scanner.

Thanks alot I cleaned out the air intake and the engine light went out after a couple weeks and the problem went away right away. Is this a just a tempary fix?