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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 06:20 AM
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At approximately 2500rpm I can feel a pulsing sensation as if the car is speeding up then slowing down quickly. Any ideas? It's a P1.
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 06:31 AM
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Hi mate,

Probably a silly question but are you letting the car fully warm up?
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 07:36 AM
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Originally Posted by P1 0149/1000
Hi mate,

Probably a silly question but are you letting the car fully warm up?
Of course
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Hepy
At approximately 2500rpm I can feel a pulsing sensation as if the car is speeding up then slowing down quickly. Any ideas? It's a P1.
Cheers,
G
Quite a light sensation under gentle acceleration or something stronger on full throttle ?

The former is likely to just be the ECU alternating each side of the stoich ratio as it reads from the lambda sensor. If you have a lamba link or AFR gauge you can see the mixture lean and richen in time with the pulsing.
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 09:52 AM
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Exactly what Avalanche has said - I get a light pulsing when the car is stone cold and yes it pulses in time with my AFR swinging back and forth. After a minute or so all is fine
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