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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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Sorry, here's more info on our car. One month old, 1400 miles, been
getting gas at different stations. Performance of the engine is good
at other speeds; does a nice job of accelerating up hill in 5th gear,
even with air conditioning on. Overall, both power and performance
very satisfactory, except for the instances when the motor lags, and
then it happens only for seconds, not minutes.
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 19:41:15 -0600, "'Curly Q. Links'"
<motsco_@_interbaun.com> wrote:

>Carolina Cool wrote:
>>
>>
>> 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?
>
>'Curly'
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>To REPLY: If there are a couple of underscores in my return address,
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>
>Regarding stage performances: When everyone else has finished playing,
>you should not play any notes you have left over. -

Its likely a bad tank of fuel. I checked mileage on my last car all the
time, and when I used Amoco/BP fuel, I would get 2-3 mpg more highway miles
than with the cheap no name fuel at the quick shops. And the car seemed to
run a little better also. So that pretty much made up for the added cost.

Suggest running your fuel as low as you feel comfortable going, and try to
find a good quality fuel. Then run that for a while. Don't use 92 octane if
your car calls for 87, which it probably does. Don't switch between premium
and regular, cause it takes the computer a while to adjust.

If that doesn't do it, its under warrenty. Hopefully you can recreate the
problem if and when you have to bring it in.

"Carolina Cool" <cnc@columbia.sc> wrote in message
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> Sorry, here's more info on our car. One month old, 1400 miles, been
> getting gas at different stations. Performance of the engine is good
> at other speeds; does a nice job of accelerating up hill in 5th gear,
> even with air conditioning on. Overall, both power and performance
> very satisfactory, except for the instances when the motor lags, and
> then it happens only for seconds, not minutes.