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robo46
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Post Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:06 pm

flat spot , when i press gas pedal on my 2.5 , ok when driving just when i first put my foot on gas pedal to set off . could anybody please help
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jslot
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Post Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:13 pm

Welcome to the zone. Seems to be common fault with no 1 answer. For me it was worn points on dizzy cap, but could be any number of other things, AFM, TPS, etc.
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Cypriotgeeza
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Post Fri Aug 07, 2015 8:18 pm

I'd be inclined to go with a misadjusted / faulty TPS..

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