Can you describe the miss/hesitation further? -Bryan
--- On Wed, 3/24/10, Chad J. Douglas <[email protected]> wrote: From: Chad J. Douglas <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Only Peripheral Miata Content ... Need Diagnostic help To: "Ralph Alder" <[email protected]> Cc: "MataPowerList" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 11:50 AM Possible EGR issue? --------------------------- Chad Douglas Sent from my iPhone On Mar 23, 2010, at 6:35 PM, "Ralph Alder" <[email protected]> wrote: > Since the list is pretty quiet, I've got a not a Miata question but a > Mazda question: > > The Car: 2004 Mazda 6 w/ 5 speed auto > > The Problem: In 5th gear, after torque converter lockup and at speed >> 40 mph...when accelerating with enough throttle to accelerate but not > enough to unlock the torque converter, the engine will miss/hesitate. > It might take a few seconds to start missing but it usually will > comply. > > What I've Done: It is the wife's car and she claims to have a good > relationship with the local dealer service department where the car > goes > regularly for oil change, reg. service, etc. I carefully explained to > the Service Writer (yes, I know about them) exactly what the problem > was. A day and many hands full of cash later, they found a split in > the > snorkel between the AFM and throttle body that was said to be leaking > unmeasured air in. Drove home and the time and cash had no (zero) > improvement. Took the car back and again described exactly what to do > to make it miss. The SW called to say that the car showed no "codes" > and that they could find nothing wrong...again. > > My Question: There are many more knowledgeable people than I on this > list (esp.regarding ECU stuff); to those I ask this question: Can a > diagnostic device or even a laptop be connected to the OBDII port on > the > car to see in real time what is going on with the engine? The SW > didn't > seem to know if this was possible so, at this time I'm looking > elsewhere > for a mechanic. It seems that this should be easy to do but since my > '90 Miata, with which I am very familiar, has never needed, and > probably > doesn't even do, this type of diagnosis, I don't know if it is > possible. Is it? > > Sorry for the length but as I said, things have been pretty quiet on > the > power list of late so I hope offense is not taken. > > Ralph Alder > Team Orphan Aerodyne > Orange Co, CA > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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