Hesitating when cold

Discussion in 'Mechanical - Engine, Gearbox, Exhaust etc' started by Bill1976, Apr 3, 2015.

  1. My car hesitates when cold, when it comes on boost, Im talking literally the first 3 or 4 times I put my foot down, after that it's fine, is this normal for a modified turbo car?

    When I say put my foot down, obviously I dont mean hammering it, just pulling away slowly.
     
  2. It's normal for these engines full stop mate!

    Clio 172 did it.

    R26 did it.

    Trophy 275 does it.
     
  3. Ye mine sometimes does it
     
  4. Excellent! I didn't think it was going to be a problem, but thought I'd better check, just to put my mind at rest :cool:
     
  5. Mines the same!
     
  6. Its meant to do this. When the engine is cold try not to use any boost.
     
  7. i do try mate, I'm talking changing gear asasp, but sometimes it happens as I'm pulling out onto a very busy A road, so need to be sharpish. I'm still only talking 2/3k revs
     
  8. Ah , in that case its something else. If you mash the throttle ( or sometimes even 50% ) it will hesitate , pop , bang and go into a staccato sound. Lift , wait and re apply and it sorts itself.
     
  9. never had that happen lol, just when the turbos coming in at low revs, like I said its only the 1st 3 or 4 times when it's cold, after that it's fine, might get it in at rs tuning, see what they think.
     
  10. mine does it.. I just ignored it hoping everything was OK :tongueout:
     
  11. Just to update this, thought I'd book it in with rs tuning just to be safe, so rang them up, and he told me not to worry it's normal! Nice to hear confirmation off the pro's.
     
  12. Yeah - didn't believe us :smile:
     
  13. Mine is the same mate, doesn't like to boost before engine temp is at 65-70 degrees
     
  14. ha ha well as its getting colder the cars doing it more, it's like a fucking kangaroo at times, so it's been on my mind again, and thought I'd better get it checked lol

    bang on that.
     
  15. This answers a question for me as well but I only notice it for about 20 seconds of driving and then all is fine.
     
  16. Can't say I've really noticed any cold start issues with mine, I do drive like miss daisy though
     

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