Hi Stiffman,
I have a TJ Veradah GTV which I purchased 2 years ago from original owner.... tidy example with 200k on it now. It too has had this hesitation or cutting out usually when throttling on from the lights...it would idle perfectly but chug every now and then when moving off. Quite a rare event but very alarming...and it would always recover and move off. It has also had some jerks at cruising speed in the country..just have a millisecond coniption and recover...puts the wind up me still although these are very brief flame outs.. Last night though it became a real problem and stalled on me repeatedly. Last night was a cold wet night. I had the foglights on as well as headlights ( didn't realise it at the time) and was running the a/c to defrost.. The GTV has a massive blaupunkt navigation system as standard... that probably sucks amps as well.... So it began by running very rough from moving off and eventually just stalled out repeatedly..... idling strongly but flame out as soon as drive was selected. Eventually when I got home I tried running the engine and progressively loading it up electrically by turning on lights etc. The engine ran rougher the more current was switched. So for my vehicle it seems to be linked to voltage drop... I haven't used it today but I am predicting all will be fine until I replicate the circumstances of last night.... otherwise it is a great car. Fuel consumption at 115 can be 8.9 L/100 in perfect conditions up to 10L/100 into a wind. Obviously there is an issue related to ignition - electricals. insufficient voltage to the ignition system...or failing ignition system. could even be something to do with earthing. Anyway I will investigate and probably disconnect the ancient navigation computer as a start.
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