Carolina Cool wrote:
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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?

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What vintage... What mileage... What's the service history?

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