Hesitant Acceleration

[dfoord]

Hello all you clever people

my car has started to have a slight hesitation when accelerating (random)

seems worse when i change up to 3rd

everything is lovely when going at speed

sometimes i get a little burble ? from the exhaust when pulling away in 1st

the car is serviced regularly and i only ever put Shell petrol in

it starts fine every time and idles smoothly

any ideas thanks guys n gals

Dave

[dfoord]

Hello all you clever people

my car has started to have a slight hesitation when accelerating (random)

seems worse when i change up to 3rd

everything is lovely when going at speed

sometimes i get a little burble ? from the exhaust when pulling away in 1st

the car is serviced regularly and i only ever put shell petrol in

it starts fine every time and idles smoothly

any ideas thanks guys n gals

Dave

oh yeah sorry its a mk1.5 on an 02 plate

[stef123]

What you describe sounds like a misfire. Check the plugs leads and ignition coil if you can

[dfoord]

Hi thanks for the reply

If it was a misfire surely it would miss slightly on idle

But mine idles smooth the needle does not move

Thanks again

[Stoney871]

Faulty leads and coils tend to play up under load so idling doesn't always cause a problem.

I'd do the leads first and go from there.

[dfoord]

just an update it started to idle lumpy today so i thought sod it and got some new plugs ,leads and air filter

leads were a little longer than the old ones though ? but everything seems fine now

runs smooth no hesitation so fingers crossed I've done it and saved myself a few quid

thanks for your help people

[Stoney871]

Hopefully you've nailed the problem down.

Keep us posted on the situation mate.

[dfoord]

Just to update everything still seems to be fine

hopefully i have fixed it

i have deliberately gone slow in 3rd round corners but pulls away smoothly no hesitation or pinking Lol

thanks for all the help