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Re: Civic Hesitation
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Re: Civic Hesitation -
08-24-2003
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Our new Civic stick shift is wonderful in every regard except one and that is a tendency of the engine to pause or hesitate for 5-10 seconds while under acceleration, up a slight grade, when the motor is cold, at 2000 rpm in 2nd and 3rd gears. It acts up like this, to a lesser degree, at other times, too. The hesitation is slight and perhaps would not even be noticed if the car was equipped with an auto trans. The motor does not cut out, it continues to run during these 'spells' but it seems to be discontinuing or postponing the acceleration effort. This hardly seems worthwhile to worry about, but I thought that perhaps other Civic owners may have had a similar experience? |
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| Our new Civic stick shift is wonderful in every regard except one and that is a tendency of the engine to pause or hesitate for 5-10 seconds while under acceleration, up a slight grade, when the motor is cold, at 2000 rpm in 2nd and 3rd gears. It acts up like this, to a lesser degree, at other times, too. The hesitation is slight and perhaps would not even be noticed if the car was equipped with an auto trans. The motor does not cut out, it continues to run during these 'spells' but it seems to be discontinuing or postponing the acceleration effort. This hardly seems worthwhile to worry about, but I thought that perhaps other Civic owners may have had a similar experience? |
What vintage... What mileage... What's the service history?
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Could easily be a fuel problem. How many miles? Did you get gas when there was a tanker there filling the tanks (never do that one)? If you have a few miles on, you can try fuel injector cleaner. Try different gas. Amoco is always real good if its available in your area. At the least try a different gas station. Try to fuel up at the same station if possible. Few things to try. "Carolina Cool" <cnc (AT) columbia (DOT) sc> wrote in message news:3f488d75.67211456 (AT) nntp (DOT) pbtcomm.net... Our new Civic stick shift is wonderful in every regard except one and that is a tendency of the engine to pause or hesitate for 5-10 seconds while under acceleration, up a slight grade, when the motor is cold, at 2000 rpm in 2nd and 3rd gears. It acts up like this, to a lesser degree, at other times, too. The hesitation is slight and perhaps would not even be noticed if the car was equipped with an auto trans. The motor does not cut out, it continues to run during these 'spells' but it seems to be discontinuing or postponing the acceleration effort. This hardly seems worthwhile to worry about, but I thought that perhaps other Civic owners may have had a similar experience? |
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Carolina Cool wrote: Our new Civic stick shift is wonderful in every regard except one and that is a tendency of the engine to pause or hesitate for 5-10 seconds while under acceleration, up a slight grade, when the motor is cold, at 2000 rpm in 2nd and 3rd gears. It acts up like this, to a lesser degree, at other times, too. The hesitation is slight and perhaps would not even be noticed if the car was equipped with an auto trans. The motor does not cut out, it continues to run during these 'spells' but it seems to be discontinuing or postponing the acceleration effort. This hardly seems worthwhile to worry about, but I thought that perhaps other Civic owners may have had a similar experience? ---------------------------- What vintage... What mileage... What's the service history? 'Curly' ------------------------------- To REPLY: If there are a couple of underscores in my return address, you must remove them to reply directly . . . . . . Thanks. Regarding stage performances: When everyone else has finished playing, you should not play any notes you have left over. - |
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"Did you get gas when there was a tanker there filling the tanks (never do that one)?" i gotta ask, why not get gas when the tanker is there? |
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Sorry, here's more info on our car. One month old, 1400 miles, been getting gas at different stations. Performance of the engine is good at other speeds; does a nice job of accelerating up hill in 5th gear, even with air conditioning on. Overall, both power and performance very satisfactory, except for the instances when the motor lags, and then it happens only for seconds, not minutes. |
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