Stuttering on acceleration
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Stuttering on acceleration
I took the Scoob for her first motorway trip yesterday, and noticed that the car stuttered terribly when I tried to accelerate. She's definately not pulling the way she should.
A fuel thing? I've only had the car about a week, and have put Super Unleaded in the tank every time I've had to fill up (two full tanks in a week!). Definately not the clutch as I've had clutch slip a few times in other cars and this isn't the case here.
Perhaps an ECU reset might solve things - assuming that the previous owner only used 95 octane unleaded or something?
A fuel thing? I've only had the car about a week, and have put Super Unleaded in the tank every time I've had to fill up (two full tanks in a week!). Definately not the clutch as I've had clutch slip a few times in other cars and this isn't the case here.
Perhaps an ECU reset might solve things - assuming that the previous owner only used 95 octane unleaded or something?
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The previous owner fitted a K&N air filter. I've never been overly fussed by these things anyway (i.e. pulling hot/warm air in from the engine bay), and I'm now wondering if it's related to that!
Is your air system standard?
Is your air system standard?
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Originally Posted by oakleaf
Suggest MAF air sensor as it's had a K&n on it
Stick to panel filters
Stick to panel filters
To be honest I'm not looking for out and out BHP increase, just more of an induction 'roar'. I've read enough to know that the induction can have an adverse affect which is why i bought the STi panel filter while I try to get more info.
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MAF sensors are weak on that year. Any buggering about with the air filter could help to cause failure. 4000 rpm hesitation is one of the symptoms. Is the check engine light on?
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