May 2012
Hi,
The car runs fine when cruising along but when I accelerate there is a slight pause and stutter before it actualy accelerates. it also does it on cruise control when you lift the stalk. It's had a new egr about 5k ago as well as 4 injectors and loom on recall about a year ago.
I've started by putting in a new fuel filter but it's made no difference.
Any ideas where to look for a diy attempt at resolving this ?
Thanks
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