new owner car hesitated HELP
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new owner car hesitated HELP
I have a 3rd gen turbo automatic,while i was curising on fwy last night around 65mph around 3k rpm,the car started hesitated,it felt like the car was in natural and the rpm fall off(allthough I was accing),I had to give the gas padel more gas to bring back the rpm&speed,it seens like if I were just costing on the gas padel the car will hesitate,I have to acc more to get the car run normal,the motor has 41k miles and I,ve done all the service,I was thinking maybe its the spark plug(I replaced them with ngk 7s and 9s 6 months ago,how often do i have to change the spark plug?)I have only a apexi inake and pitti 3"dp. any hlep&advice would be great. thanks.
Last edited by Tenchi; Jan 1, 2002 at 05:12 AM.
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Yeah, that's pretty normal. You just need to ground the engine some more. That helps out alot. Each car is different. I grounded one spot and it helps out quite a bit. Some place makes a kit that ground 7 or 9 different spot. Another thing that might help is getting a Apexi PowerFC. I read that eliminates the hesitation.
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Don't worry, that's a problem with all 3rd gens - a glitch in the stock ecu and nobody can figure it out but I have heard that gounding the engine better as mentioned earlier will help. The Power FC will solve the problem cpmletely since it a totally new computer and not a piggyback. You'll look on the forum once in a while and see the famous "3K hesitation" problem
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I was really scared,I thought i blew my engine,I,ve owned this car for the passed 2 yrsand this is the first time my car hesitated,now that all u guyz have cleared that up,I guess I am fine, I think i still need to change out the plug, and where can i find a better engine ground?
Pettit will get you a ground strap or you can just make one with some copper wire from Home Depot. Have another ground to the battery to the chassis and then the engine to the chassis and even the alternator to the chassis.
Change the plugs every 15-20k miles (depending on how you drive) and make sure to have your injectors cleaned.
Change the plugs every 15-20k miles (depending on how you drive) and make sure to have your injectors cleaned.
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