New member; New mk3; New concerns..

[Krem]

lmao... I guess none of the above applies... or maybe it does and I'm just discouraged/disappointed.. She was running soo well... sounded good, drove good with slight sluggish auto tranny on norm. setting.. ran ~700 RPMs at idle...

Yesterday I could hear a clicking noise (sounded like an electric circuit click, or those small pet treat clickers) coming from the center of the engine bay.. Not sure yet what's what under the hood, and I intend to learn as I go, but I believe it's the master throttle control unit? (It sits mounted on the unit that connects the cold air intake to the intake manifold?)

Today I make a right turn on my way to work and I could feel the performance loss... I gave her gas to accellerate out of the turn and she didn't wanna go. Thinking she stalled, I removed my foot from the gas, at which point she did stall.. I can get her to turn over and run... IF (and only if) I keep the gas pedal floored, and even then she sputters at ~600rpm.. once I take my foot of the gas, she stalls out.

Not sure what to make of it, and atm, too broke to tow her to a shop for diagnoses I can't afford... let alone have them perform the repairs necessary.. so, I can spit out some of my own ideas, but I'm pretty entry level in mechanics.. any other insight would be appreciative. Would just like to know what it might possibly be so I can prepare for the repairs (financially)..

First thing to my mind was the BHG... since they're a common problem w/ the 7mge and would probably hit my pocket book for the most cost.. and thinking the low RPMs could be result of loss of compression?? But it's not like I punched the gas on the turn... it was a normal, everyday drive to work, kinda turn... not a spin my wheels and see if I can drift deal...

Second thing to mind was timing belt... but I'm not backfiring, just running very low rpm when I go FOT... which brings me to..

Third thing to mind was master throttle control... since it sounded like it was clicking yesterday, and today FOT seems to barely register anything.

Fourth thing to mind was fuel pump or possibly fuel injectors...

Any idea's/help would be greatly appreciated...


Update: JIC it might make a difference...
After letting her sit for about 90 min, I did attempt to start her up to see what would happen... no longer had to do FOT to keep her idle... but when I took my foot off the gas pedal completely, she'd sputter at about 400 rpm... vibrating the entire car and shaking everything in the engine bay :\. So I'm leaning more towards a mixture problem than compression, but I've still got a lot to learn, and I know the knowledge exists here, when someone will share it is a whole nuther topic..