car dont start in bad weather

when ever there is bad weather, like rain and snow and when ever its really humid my car wound freaking start. When i finally start it after trieng like a million times the rpm starts to fluctuate and goes below 1000 and my car shuts down again. One time i was goin to my college and i went through a puddle of water and my car stopped. the car cranks but woont start. i recently spend like 3500 to fix the damn car

If your distributor cap was cracked (even micro-cracks [when old]), that would do it--getting water down in there.

It could also be your ignition coil. The coil sits on the drivers side and mounted on the back wall. To test it, pour a little water on it while the car is running. If the car stalls, then it would be your ignition coil.

thanks for the reply, but can you tell me the exact location of the ignition coil, thanks

and can u tell me if i wanna swap a vr6 with a 5spd manual in my jetta how much would it cost me

The coil is on the firewall, near the middle--like, under the driver's windshield wiper. Open the hood, and look for (mine's black) a cylindrical object mounted on the back wall--there's a fat (spark-plug-like) wire directly from the middle of the distributer cap to it.

yo man thanks ALOT, it is the ignition coil. i poured some water on it and now its not starting. Now can u tell me how to replace it thanks

i just found out that there are crackes in the plastic cover of the ignition coil, so i applied some bathroom sealent on it, ol would that be any good

i just found out that there are crackes in the plastic cover of the ignition coil, so i applied some bathroom sealent on it, ol would that be any good

Who knows? I always replace a defective part with a new one. If it works, go for it...If not, you'll have to replace the coil...

I just rescently put new coils in my v-dub. It's an easy job but coils will go for $300 + because I found I had to buy the whole pack and that you can't just replace a cap like if it was a distributor. My advice would be to replace because the fix will probably just be temperary.