Could easily be a fuel problem. How many miles? Did you get gas when there
was a tanker there filling the tanks (never do that one)?

If you have a few miles on, you can try fuel injector cleaner. Try different
gas. Amoco is always real good if its available in your area. At the least
try a different gas station. Try to fuel up at the same station if possible.

Few things to try.

"Carolina Cool" <cnc@columbia.sc> wrote in message
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>
> Our new Civic stick shift is wonderful in every regard except one and
> that is a tendency of the engine to pause or hesitate for 5-10 seconds
> while under acceleration, up a slight grade, when the motor is cold,
> at 2000 rpm in 2nd and 3rd gears. It acts up like this, to a lesser
> degree, at other times, too. The hesitation is slight and perhaps
> would not even be noticed if the car was equipped with an auto trans.
>
> The motor does not cut out, it continues to run during these 'spells'
> but it seems to be discontinuing or postponing the acceleration
> effort. This hardly seems worthwhile to worry about, but I thought
> that perhaps other Civic owners may have had a similar experience?