Terri Eagle Member 16 Member For: 14y 10m 12d Gender: Female Posted 26/12/11 10:11 PM Posted 26/12/11 10:11 PM Imagine you have one foot firmly on the foot brake. The other foot is pumping the accelerator repeatedly. The car wants to jump forward and rocks back and forth. That is exactly what happens when I start my car, except I am not actually doing the whole pumping the accelerator thing. It only occurs when the car is cold. Car is in park, foot on brake, turn the ignition, car starts and then does the weird surge/rock thing 8-10 times. It is not a slight rock, it is really obvious! So obvious that I've had a few friends and my mother ask me wtf I am doing; nothing mum, I swear!! Foot nowhere near accelerator! It ONLY does it when cold. It drives perfectly normally once the surge stops. I can't make it repeat the movement until the engine is cold again.Any ideas?
bossmang FREAKY Legacy Donating Member 12,441 Member For: 16y 8m 23d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 27/12/11 01:12 PM Posted 27/12/11 01:12 PM will it do it in neutral, handbrake off, foot off brake. obviously on a level surface?
Terri Eagle Member 16 Member For: 14y 10m 12d Gender: Female Posted 27/12/11 10:00 PM Author Posted 27/12/11 10:00 PM I don't know. Only one way to find out. I'll go try it and report back...
bjc Legacy Donating Member 2,823 Member For: 23y 13d Gender: Male Location: Townsville Posted 28/12/11 04:58 AM Posted 28/12/11 04:58 AM How did you go, is it still pig rooting?
Terri Eagle Member 16 Member For: 14y 10m 12d Gender: Female Posted 30/12/11 01:46 AM Author Posted 30/12/11 01:46 AM No. It doesn't do it in neutral. The second I put it back in drive it shudders again. In neutral it starts normally. Slide it into drive an it shudders. Slide it into neutral quickly and it stops. Back into drive and it shudders. 8-10 times and then it's done.I have no clue.Dirty fuel filter? Idle issue?
bossmang FREAKY Legacy Donating Member 12,441 Member For: 16y 8m 23d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 30/12/11 11:05 AM Posted 30/12/11 11:05 AM gearbox related then?
Mattski Member 2 Member For: 16y 4m 14d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 30/12/11 09:35 PM Posted 30/12/11 09:35 PM I had a similar problem. Same thing would happen but also when in neutral and the ac came on it started surging as well. I spoke to my brother who is a Ford Master Tech and he said he had just come back from Melbourne and they covered this issue which they said was very common. I took my car in and he done what is called a PCM Teartag calibration. Since then (2 months ago) I haven't had an issue.
bossmang FREAKY Legacy Donating Member 12,441 Member For: 16y 8m 23d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 31/12/11 06:43 AM Posted 31/12/11 06:43 AM well theres a good place to start terri eagle!
Terri Eagle Member 16 Member For: 14y 10m 12d Gender: Female Posted 01/01/12 11:27 PM Author Posted 01/01/12 11:27 PM Super, thanks! I appreciate the answer, I hate going in and saying "it does this weird thing". Everytime I do that they tell me "we couldn't find what you were talking about". Or as I sometimes suspect, "we didn't bother looking".It's twice as bad being a girl... "We didn't bother looking, but we have a nice pretty second hand Festiva you should consider; look how shiney it is!"
EvilDaifu Cruise Whore Moderating Team 5,130 Member For: 21y 1m 11d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/01/12 10:49 AM Posted 02/01/12 10:49 AM Hope ya get it sorted out and good to see more ladies on this forum
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