88 90q hesitates on accel

Tom Nas tnas at euronet.nl
Tue Jul 30 01:29:40 EDT 2002


At 23:51 29-7-02 +0200, Mihnea Cotet wrote:

>Your car doesn't have a TPS but it does have a potentiometer on the
>airbox, and it's connected to the measuring plate AFAIK...

Ah, yes, thanks! That's what I meant, didn't know how to translate it.

>Did you try pulling the codes?

Not yet, working on that. Didn't have the Bentley with the car today.

>  Normally you should be able to do so and they could point to some things
> that are wrong with it... maybe the knock sensor?

Could be, yes. Though it works great at higher revs, so I think that's
unlikely.

>Is the fuel filter ok?

I think we can rule that out because it doesn't hesitate at higher revs.
Then again, I could be wrong...
I'll check it anyway. Fuel pump is quiet and flows fine.

Thanks a lot for your suggestions! I'll let you know when we've run more
diagnostics.

Regards, Tom




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