MoSkA
Steriotypical Wog
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- 1998 Subaru WRX
Hey all,
I find myself on here every now and again to find out about a problem my brother is having with his VX.
The car in question is a VX Series 2 S pac with the supercharged V6, stock as a rock.
The problem is a hessitation in acceleration, you put your foot right down and it doesn't react for a good second sometimes three, then when it finally does react and kicks down a gear the acceleration from there is nowhere near smooth. It jerks around... you can actually feel the car lurch forward with power then back off for a fraction of a second, lurch forward for a little longer then back off again, sometimes it lurches back and forth every second.
It drives fine when cruising and slowly accelerating but as soon as you hammer it it dies in the ass.
I just replaced the fuel filter, air filter, oil change and fuel injectors and no change in any way.
Checked the plugs and leads; all good. Reset the computer too during the injector change and that made no difference.
I have noticed it's been a lot worse over the past 2 days (Melbourne has been 30 degree's +) however 3 days ago it was cold and wet and the problem was still there but nowhere near as bad.
The car does do a lot of short trips, in fact the car does mostly short trips, lucky to see a freeway every 3 months.
He only runs it on 91 octane (I know! I have a WRX and I run it only on 98).
Need all the help I can get.
I find myself on here every now and again to find out about a problem my brother is having with his VX.
The car in question is a VX Series 2 S pac with the supercharged V6, stock as a rock.
The problem is a hessitation in acceleration, you put your foot right down and it doesn't react for a good second sometimes three, then when it finally does react and kicks down a gear the acceleration from there is nowhere near smooth. It jerks around... you can actually feel the car lurch forward with power then back off for a fraction of a second, lurch forward for a little longer then back off again, sometimes it lurches back and forth every second.
It drives fine when cruising and slowly accelerating but as soon as you hammer it it dies in the ass.
I just replaced the fuel filter, air filter, oil change and fuel injectors and no change in any way.
Checked the plugs and leads; all good. Reset the computer too during the injector change and that made no difference.
I have noticed it's been a lot worse over the past 2 days (Melbourne has been 30 degree's +) however 3 days ago it was cold and wet and the problem was still there but nowhere near as bad.
The car does do a lot of short trips, in fact the car does mostly short trips, lucky to see a freeway every 3 months.
He only runs it on 91 octane (I know! I have a WRX and I run it only on 98).
Need all the help I can get.