need help: Lude randomly hesitating from the go on lower rpm's - Honda Prelude Forum

ludethugs · 08-01-2002, 12:06 PM

ok, here's the symptoms... it does not happen all the time but it happens often enough to be really annoying.

whenever i drive the car normally from a stop, the car will to hesitate at lower rpms maybe around 2,000-3,500. It feels like it boggs down, kinda like when you dont give it enough gas. And when i shift to 2nd it will do it again until i really rev it. My solution to this for now is to rev it high enough before i get the car moving.

I've noticed this to start happen when i found out my PCV connector on the engine got disconnected. I reconnected it again but it still happens. And it happens more and more with the A/C on. But now it also happens with the A/C off...

This also occurs when i down shift going down to 2nd after driving on the freeway or something... which in turn i just step on the gas until it stops doing it and the car gets moving again smoothly.

btw: did not notice any wierd smoke colors or smells...

Thanks for your help

bboy'lude · 08-01-2002, 12:12 PM

what kind of setup do you have.

ludethugs · 08-01-2002, 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by bboy'lude
what kind of setup do you have.

Intake, N1 exhaust, just got all belts replaced, cam gears, coolant, transmission fluids, new spark plugs & wires....

it is really wierd because it does not happen all the time... sometimes the car will run without any problem of hesitation... then it'll just happen out of nowhere...

ax_lude · 08-01-2002, 12:25 PM

my does the same too...it hesitates sometimes when i rev. from 3 to 2 or 4 to 3...I noticed that when i step on the gas, the engine is shaking a little bit, then it hesitates until the it get to higher rpm. The car is moving fine after that. Its really annoying though. I've read some other posts here not long ago...suggest to change the spark plugs and clearn the throttle injection or something like that. I probably gonna go check with the dealer, to see if they know what exactly wrong with my lude.

4thGVtec · 08-01-2002, 12:28 PM

mine usta do that, my timing was 2 degrees retarted though, i dont know how, probobly from when i brought it to honda. anyways, it hasnt acted up since. i also just changed my axle. i dunno if either of those 2 are related... but its been a week now. if i can make it one more, i think its fixed.

ludethugs · 08-01-2002, 12:57 PM

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Originally posted by 4thGVtec
mine usta do that, my timing was 2 degrees retarted though, i dont know how, probobly from when i brought it to honda. anyways, it hasnt acted up since. i also just changed my axle. i dunno if either of those 2 are related... but its been a week now. if i can make it one more, i think its fixed.

must be nice to have it fix it self... lol... my cam gears settings are still set to stock... and i think if its the cam gears it would happen consistently... but it doesnt.

cantdrive55 · 08-01-2002, 01:00 PM

My old 86 Accord used to bog badly once in a while. The car would shake and pretty much not accelerate. It turned out to be a bad O2 sensor. We replaced it and all was good.

h23VtEc · 08-01-2002, 06:17 PM

hey guys..i had the same thing in my 94 lude si...i tryed tuning the engine=didnt work,new fuel filter...didnt work...until i did ADVANCE IGNITION TIMING...it took me 3 minutes in discount auto parts parking lot...and it drives likr new now...if u have any ? on how to do it?email me @ quickh23a@aol.com....later

4thGVtec · 08-03-2002, 08:27 AM

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Originally posted by h23VtEc
hey guys..i had the same thing in my 94 lude si...i tryed tuning the engine=didnt work,new fuel filter...didnt work...until i did ADVANCE IGNITION TIMING...it took me 3 minutes in discount auto parts parking lot...and it drives likr new now...if u have any ? on how to do it?email me @ quickh23a@aol.com....later

ok now thats 2 people saying timing advanced helped.... maybe thats it!