Good Day All

I trust all is well,

Reason for this discussion is that I have a standard 1.4i 2005 VW citi golf,

I had my timing belt/tensioner pulley/water pump replaced at a local service centre (RMI approved)

For some reason the car seemed sluggish on the pull away (low on torque), the mechanic then mentioned that in the next service I should bring the car for a distributor cap replacement as they claimed there was some arcing from the plug leads, so taking the assumption that they know what they are talking about I gave the car to have the distributor cap replaced (they did not replace the leads) and for about a week the car was perfect.

After a week the car cut out on me completely whilst driving and after somewhat trial and error I found that this was due to 2xfaulty leads,

I replaced the leads myself and took it back to the mechanic after which they replaced the throttle body (i was hit over the head as i believe this was not the issue)

Car seems to drive bit better but is still sluggish (after new spark plugs & leads), the car feels asif it has a slight lag @ the first 2 seconds of pull away,

Would this be due to faulty injectors?

This whole exercise with the mechanics already costed me about R10K and is quite hefty for a student..

I hope someone who has experienced similar issues could advise me to a next step

Kind Regards

and it could be simply that they screwed up the timing.

thanks for the feedback, this much is possible and i'll give the car back for them to do the check

definitely sounds like they messed up the timing