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Hesitating under WOT.

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trapspeed

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Jun 16, 2004
Sacramento, California
I got into a little race the other evening and when under WOT I hit fuel cut bad. Later that night I noticed that my car was idling rough. I don't know if hitting fuel cut has anything to do with it but I just happened to notice the very same evening.

When my car idles it's not steady, it sort of dies down, and then goes back to normal. It sounds like the engine is about to die and is very rough.

Whenever I accelerate in low RPMs my car hesitates; it slightly bucks but I don't feel any real power until 5000 RPM.

Can you guys give me any ideas on what I should check? :dsm:

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EDIT : Sorry, posted this in the wrong forum. Mods could you please move to Problem Diagnosis. Thanks. :thumb:
 
Usually when you're bucking at WOT, it's your plugs and/or plug wires. What kind of plugs are you running, and what are they gapped to? How old are your plug wires, and do they look ok?
 
guitarXgeek said:
Usually when you're bucking at WOT, it's your plugs and/or plug wires. What kind of plugs are you running, and what are they gapped to? How old are your plug wires, and do they look ok?

Um, I got them changed maybe a year ago?
 
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