problems when giving gas

[Joe Jagelonica]

Hi,

I am not a car specialist.. but I have a problem with my Holden, it needs to run "warm" for half an hour, then i can give gas quite good. otherwise, in the "cold phase", it starts to stutter, so i give just as much gas that it doesnt stutter. this however makes the car not accelerating fast at traffic lights.. I always fear if i am in the stuttering phase, it could destroy the engine totally. So what could be the reason for this behaviour? Today was a particulary bad day that the engine didnt seem to really reach the "warm phase" where everything feels smoothly.

Thanks for your ideas!

 

[Immortality]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Does the engine come up to operating temp? What does the temp gauge show?

When was it last serviced? Filters, spark plugs etc

Have you checked basics like oil and coolant levels?