Hesitation at low rpms
Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2018 6:13 am
For the past few months I've noticed my AE86 has a hesitation at low RPMS. It only occurs during initial acceleration, for example taking off in 1st gear from a stop light. I would press the accelerator and it would hesitate until about 3k and then take off. I tried looking up to see if it was a common thing but no one else seemed to have the same symptoms.
For the longest time it would only happen when the car is cold. I'd back the car out, press the accelerator, it would hesitate for a second, hit 3k and then take off. Once the car is rolling and warms up it would go away. I figured it was some kind of vacuum problem, maybe looses pressure or something whenever the car sits for a little while, so I would let the car warm up before driving and that seemed to work ... until last night.
I drove it a little hard and held it open at WOT for extended periods of time, and then the hesitations came back. This time its 1st and 2nd gear. Once it gets up to speed the hesitations go away but it feels like its only running at 75-80%.
Anyone else run into this problem before? Some feedback would be nice before I start throwing random punches at it.
Thanks fellas!
For the longest time it would only happen when the car is cold. I'd back the car out, press the accelerator, it would hesitate for a second, hit 3k and then take off. Once the car is rolling and warms up it would go away. I figured it was some kind of vacuum problem, maybe looses pressure or something whenever the car sits for a little while, so I would let the car warm up before driving and that seemed to work ... until last night.
I drove it a little hard and held it open at WOT for extended periods of time, and then the hesitations came back. This time its 1st and 2nd gear. Once it gets up to speed the hesitations go away but it feels like its only running at 75-80%.
Anyone else run into this problem before? Some feedback would be nice before I start throwing random punches at it.
Thanks fellas!