Car is surging at low rpms
12-03-2008, 03:16 AM
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Car is surging at low rpms Ok i recently changed the cap and rotor on my car and it is running 100% better than it was but the car tends to surge at low rpms like if im just cruising at a steady speed. I don't notice it when im accelerating really. And I don't notice it much at higher speeds. It was doing this before my opti went to **** so idk. . any ideas?
12-03-2008, 03:46 AM
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Are you sure it's not your torque converter locking and unlocking? Mine did this a lot before all the mods. It usually happened between 35 and 45 mph under light throttle.
12-03-2008, 03:50 AM
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i would be willing to bet you have a burned plug wire. its a pretty common problem. one of mine burned up and it did the same thing. it surged really bad at low speeds and went away some what at highway speeds.
12-03-2008, 04:17 AM
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Well that sounds like what mine is doing, I was wanting to change the wires anyway so I'll prolly go ahead and do that. Thanks for the tips, anyone else have other opinions?
