chugging, stalling, fuel problem? clicking inside the dash

[VeeDubDrummer]

Hey, I just recently have this problem where my 90 jetta keeps chugging and stalling. The car was running great yesterday, this just started after work today.

I keep the rpm's up and it will sometimes rev high or will die out completely and stall. I'm constantly hearing a clicking sound in the dash, sounds like a relay of some sort. I've had this happen on occasion before, but after I turn the car off it usually goes away and this time it's 10 times worse. It stalled about 15 times on my 10k drive through the city from work. I think it's a fuel pump problem but i'm not sure, I did put $10 gas in it this morning, could it be a "bad gas" problem? (i doubt it)

any suggestions before I go pay an arm and a leg?

chris,
Vancouver, B.C
Canada

[boschmann]

Figure out which rely is clicking, the fuel pump relay is the lower right position.

[VeeDubDrummer]

well, that's what I thought It was too, but it wasn't.

any other suggestions?

thx.

--chris

[vwsmp]

it could possibly be the fuel filter and/ or the pump. the pumps like to go bad a lot. i have an 88 fox and weve replaced the pump once a couple years ago and its starting to go bad again. its usually pretty simple to check, you can pull out the inner pump to check the filter and im pretty sure you can check the pump just by testing the fuel injectors. all you have to do is pull them out one at a time and have a friend try to start the car.