Hesitation

Right... So i was happy out yesterday second ball joint fixed and the car was smooth as fkuc driving... Then on the way back from town tonight i noticed it was hesitating when i put the foot down mainly in 2nd and 3rd gear between 2500rpm and 4000rpm then it starts pulling properly again after that... Car is idling grand, not over heating... So im thinking its the usual CL1 issue EGR valve or Dirty fuel injectors... Anyone any ideas?

run some injector cleaner through her, carb cleaner in the throttle body to clean it out when car is running

Would i pick injector cleaner up in halfords Dave? Any type do and does it go straight into the petrol? What do i do with the carb cleaner? Think i might drop down to Ping...

clean the egr valve,mine done the same and was ok again after a good clean.its a ten min job.

Wouldnt know where to start, best to bring it down to TF... Would i be able to do it myself?

it could be a number of things Paul, id say bring it to Ping, sure you know what hes like, he will have it sorted fairly sharpish, im sure you could youtube egr clean

I youtubed it there... Gonna bring it to Ping... Dont like messing with things im not sure about...

But that's how we learn Paul!!

lude/dude wrote:But that's how we learn Paul!!

If it wasnt my daily driver i defo would give it a shot myself man, id be just worried id break something...

Yeah I get you, but it really could be something simple anyway like carb cleaner or just valve cleaner, I use that stp petrol and valve cleaner the odd time just to keep it kinda clean ish don't know if it makes a difference at all!! But nice to be safe.

lude/dude wrote:Yeah I get you, but it really could be something simple anyway like carb cleaner or just valve cleaner, I use that stp petrol and valve cleaner the odd time just to keep it kinda clean ish don't know if it makes a difference at all!! But nice to be safe.

I will try some of that tomorrow man... Thanks for the help...

Have ya changed the fuel filter lately?

b16a2ef wrote:Have ya changed the fuel filter lately?

Havent changed it since i bought it one year ago... could it be that?

It would be worth changing anyway,
Might not be the same but I saw a dc2 lately that stopped pulling for 1000 or 1500 revs and it would go on again after that hesitation.
New fuel filter and no hesitation.
It might not solve your problem but its worth doing IMO.

Ohh yeah that happened my van a few weeks ago, there was dirty fuel going around topaz and it blocked up all our vans fuel filters, but the lost of power was more random.

o2 sensor paul

Sorry for thread hi-jack

Wife's Ek is doin this. But it only seems to happen when the cars a bit warmed up. Feels perfect from stone cold. It does splutter at warm idle too though..

Sound obvious to anyone?

I put some STP injector cleaner in this morning gave her a good run down the m50 so i will see how she is later on tonight... If that doesnt work, i will clean the egr valve, then some carb cleaner and last resort O2 sensor... Thanks for the help lads...