kingofturds

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just got my speedo cable fixed and ive noticed when i accelerate the car seems to hesitate at about 4 thousand rpm and starts to lose power and i have to change down a gear,yet when i change down a gear then back up it seems fine.it only seems to happen intermittently, as i took it to the garage and it was fine yet on the way home its playing up again

stann01

you dont say wether its an import or not

could be the delimeter in the cable if you`ve had it changed??
i could be wrong!
has your check engine light come on?
plug the connectors in and see if you get and error code come up.

kingofturds

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yeah its an import mate the check engine light is not on

stann01

is it a classic? your not helping much here!!!
i did read a few posts before on here where the same diagnosis as yours so maybe you could do a search and start from there
regards
sean.

kingofturds

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yeah its a 96 sti mate.checked the ecu and no fault code seems to be showing.
was driving down the dual carrigeway earlier put it into 4th and lost all power then all of a sudden it misfired and i went flying off, pulled into the garage and the bloke in the car behind me said i had flames shooting out the exhaust. is this normal as i have both cats on still?

pslewis

Flames?? With CATS still??

Fooooook me ....... market your invention and you will make a fortune!! ;D

Seriously, it sounds like neat fuel is being expelled ........ Lambda Fault?

Pete

stann01

could be the mass air flow meter is packing in or packed up?
do you know any other scooby owners you could borrow one off just to test?
changed my air filter from k&n cone to one of those mushroom jobbies and forgot to do up one of the circlips, anyhow done a good run no probs,later on wanted to go to the shops and it was like it was firing on 2 cylinders!
flipped the bonnet to find the whole lot hanging off!
put it back on and done the clip up tight and guess what?
















she goes like a dream!

it was missing like a bugger tho but you say yours is not all the time but best to check the maff anyhow
regards
sean..

kingofturds

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seems the best idea is to check the amf sensor lambada and the coil packs as these all seem to cause these symptoms cheers for your help everyone

kot

scoobymadburd

Hi

We had a bad hesitation on our wagon and it turned out to be the gap for the plugs was too big!!! I read a post elsewhere as well who had the same problem and it was the plugs aswell!!!

Claire

Scooby-Doo

Get check very soon. If the fueling is wrong you may melt a piston and in the worst case need a new engine. Take it to the pros rather than fiddle around taking it for short blasts and blowing the engine.

kilo_4que

air flow sensor, had the same problem

kingofturds

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finally took it to the garage and the prob turned out to be the maf sensor and the air idle solenoid kinda ironic really considering my plate