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Hesitation on WOT

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mastadogg2

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Jun 11, 2003
harrisburg, Pennsylvania
:confused: Hey everyone, thanks for reading this, I hope one of you can help me... was driving the car earlier today was driving fine, i was getting on it a bit.. drove it for about 2hrs.. had boost set to about 16psi. I noticed right as i was heading home that on WOT the car would hesitate horribly like to the point it just bog's. But i was testing it with just easing the gas and it went fine all the way up to redline with being easy on the gas.. so im really confused.. i checked for boost leaks.. none at all.. maybe a Mass air flow sensor problem? Im gonna check the fuel filter tomorrow, I did take my back seat off and look at my relay where i had my fuel pump re-wired and i did see the ground came undone... would that cause that?

Things i did check>

Plugs
Wires
Boost leak test

Thanks for your help
-Tom
 
My car is AWD so I don't get much spin. I did get a shit load of spin in 2nd this morning, but the roads were a little damp.

Overall I'm happy with the car, just have to ensure I stay on top of the maint. Good thing is I can do it myself.
 
mkulak said:
My car is AWD so I don't get much spin. I did get a shit load of spin in 2nd this morning, but the roads were a little damp.

Overall I'm happy with the car, just have to ensure I stay on top of the maint. Good thing is I can do it myself.

ahhh true that, See thats where i went wrong i got a FWD and now i know better, i get some not controllable torque steer in 1st and 2nd.. the person behind me prob thinks WOW that thing must be fast he cant even control it LOL.. i read bad things about AWD tho thats why i didnt bother with it.. to much $ to deal with probs with it
 
hesitation on WOT was caused by my dumbass not hooking up the other ground terminal to the battery.. and i got NGK plug wires also.. and im sure they did some difference
 
Hey, sorry to reopen up an old thread. My car has this bad shake and at random times its just cutting out. Just had the plugs replaced and it looks like the wires are on their way out too. There was a mysterious black powder around the second coil from the top too of the coil pack do you think that the coil pack could be the problem or does this sound like a problem from something else?
 
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