When under 2k revs in any gear, the car stutters when accelerating. By stutter i mean misses in some way, split second drop in power then its back.
Normal driving is fine, its just when i put my foot down to increase speed quickly.
It doesnt do it all the time, but its particularly bad in the wet/damp.
I've tried more gradual acceleration on days i've found it doing it but i found i had to accelerate slow as a bus to get rid of the stutter which is obviously no good.
While trying to find the problem i discovered one of the catches was open on the air filter box and i could almost get my fingers in the gap between cover and box with ease at the bottom.
I closed the box up and the problem became less requent, yestarday it didnt do it, today it did it a lot. Differance is its REALLY hot today, where as yestarday was cooler.
I would guess that the filter is now full of crap and possibly soden/soaking/damp (i've just come back from a very wet camping trip where the stutter was at its worst, before i found the air filter box was open) and its still affecting the air coming into the car.
I'm i half right or completely off my trolly?
Normal driving is fine, its just when i put my foot down to increase speed quickly.
It doesnt do it all the time, but its particularly bad in the wet/damp.
I've tried more gradual acceleration on days i've found it doing it but i found i had to accelerate slow as a bus to get rid of the stutter which is obviously no good.
While trying to find the problem i discovered one of the catches was open on the air filter box and i could almost get my fingers in the gap between cover and box with ease at the bottom.
I closed the box up and the problem became less requent, yestarday it didnt do it, today it did it a lot. Differance is its REALLY hot today, where as yestarday was cooler.
I would guess that the filter is now full of crap and possibly soden/soaking/damp (i've just come back from a very wet camping trip where the stutter was at its worst, before i found the air filter box was open) and its still affecting the air coming into the car.
I'm i half right or completely off my trolly?