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My hesitation problem and how I fixed it....

  • Thread starter Thread starter Aliate X
  • Start date Start date May 12, 2005

Aliate X

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  • May 12, 2005
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Alright well lets start off with my problem.

The car wouldnt build up rpms like it should. It would just rev up slow when you were going down the street at WOT and would start to backfire into the intake. This was regardless if the car was warm or not, although it was worse when the car was cold. After about 5 mins of driving it was fine, drove normal. If you turned it off and let it sit for 3 mins and go drive it again, you would have the same problem. Fuel pressure would drop with a good hesitation from the engine when trying to rev immidiately after engine startup.

I did full tuneup, checked MAF, changed ECT, new AFPR, new Fuel Filter, none of which made any difference what so ever.

So I bought a 255lph pump and this totally fixed it. Car runs awesome now, I still have a missing problem up top, but this wasnt a tenth as bad as what it was like before.

I should have known the pump was goign bad because it was making a loud whining noise. I always thought it was just the exhaust. The new pump whines more than stock, but its a nice whine, sounds cool hehe.

130 bucks for the pump, and a few hours to replace it. I think shops charge in excess of $400 to change the fuel pump.
 

mustangjoe87

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you got lucky yours didnt leave you on the side of the road. mine went completely bad no warning signs, i replaced it and it wouldnt go above 2000 rpm then i did the fuel filter and it ran like a champ
 

Aliate X

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mustangjoe87 said:
you got lucky yours didnt leave you on the side of the road. mine went completely bad no warning signs, i replaced it and it wouldnt go above 2000 rpm then i did the fuel filter and it ran like a champ
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Yeah Im still getting a little hesitation, but I replaced my fuel filter not so long ago, possible it needs to be replaced again? I feel the hesitation when I slam into the next gear too fast without riding the clutch.
 
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