oosik
01-23-2004, 12:28 AM
The car stalled on me at a red light New Year's Eve day, about a week later it almost stalled. Right now it has ~3200 miles on it. Half that amount a ago is when I noticed the idle wasn't always consistant.
You know when you drive a vehicle enough, that you get to know it so well, that you can sense things with it that any other person may not notice?
Even tho PCM had a reflash at my first oil change, something the service center said my car needed, it still seems to idle rough. I mentioned the idle thing but they said they couldn't tell anything.....? Here's what I notice and tell me if you notice the same thing with yours.
{after it's warmed up}
The car will be idling, doesn't matter where or how long it has been running, it feels as though the engine chokes a bit. By feel I mean, that I can feel it through the seat. Mind you, it's not that the whole car is vibrating because it doesn't, but it's slight. Most of the time, the roughness is not enough to register on the tach because it is so slight. Every once in a while, i'll see the tach drop just below 750. But IT IS there!
Now this idling, is with nothing else on; no radio, no a/c, no heat, no lights, nothing else is engaged that I would consider bogging the engine down. Other than that the car runs great, no issues mechanically anywhere else.
Is there anyone else experiencing this, or even something remotely like this?
I plan on getting it to another service dept at some point, the only problem is, how do I convince them that I really do sense something isn't right? I KNOW they'll look at it and say everything is just fine; as I have heard from many techs over the years with many vehicles.
As slight as it is, I can feel it, I can hear it. My RX-8th sense says so.
Thoughts?
You know when you drive a vehicle enough, that you get to know it so well, that you can sense things with it that any other person may not notice?
Even tho PCM had a reflash at my first oil change, something the service center said my car needed, it still seems to idle rough. I mentioned the idle thing but they said they couldn't tell anything.....? Here's what I notice and tell me if you notice the same thing with yours.
{after it's warmed up}
The car will be idling, doesn't matter where or how long it has been running, it feels as though the engine chokes a bit. By feel I mean, that I can feel it through the seat. Mind you, it's not that the whole car is vibrating because it doesn't, but it's slight. Most of the time, the roughness is not enough to register on the tach because it is so slight. Every once in a while, i'll see the tach drop just below 750. But IT IS there!
Now this idling, is with nothing else on; no radio, no a/c, no heat, no lights, nothing else is engaged that I would consider bogging the engine down. Other than that the car runs great, no issues mechanically anywhere else.
Is there anyone else experiencing this, or even something remotely like this?
I plan on getting it to another service dept at some point, the only problem is, how do I convince them that I really do sense something isn't right? I KNOW they'll look at it and say everything is just fine; as I have heard from many techs over the years with many vehicles.
As slight as it is, I can feel it, I can hear it. My RX-8th sense says so.
Thoughts?