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Subject:Re: hesitation
From:Shawn Wright
Date:Fri, 24 Aug 2001 10:03:26 -0700

On 24 Aug 2001 at 10:14, Stephen Fry wrote:

> Van is hesitating from a full stop. Apply WOT and nothing after a little bit
> it will start to go but hesitantly. Have applied air meter fix, could it be
> that the rails are too worn to send a signal to give gas to motor? Could it
> be another sensor? O2 just recently replaced. Give me some ideas of what to
> check and where to check them :o) Thanks for the help and will keep
> updated..

Have you replaced the fuel filter recently? After 4 years of intermittent
coughing/hesitation + capacitor fix, my problem was resolved by
replacing the fuel filter on my '88. The old one was *very*
dirty.========================
Shawn Wright
Computer Systems Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
http://www.sls.bc.ca
swright@sls.bc.ca