Slight hesitation on light throttle

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Post Wed Sep 07, 2016 7:18 pm

As above, if on over run or just lightly touching the accelerator the car tends to hesitate and "kangaroo" slightly. M20b25, any ideas?
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Post Wed Sep 07, 2016 8:21 pm

Mine always Kangaroo'd until I fitted a new distributor cap and rotor - now a joy to drive -

could be that simple if you're lucky -


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Post Wed Sep 07, 2016 9:52 pm

the current cap/rotor are less than 18 months old so I'd hope it's not that.
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Post Wed Sep 07, 2016 11:12 pm

TPS adjusted correctly? Must switch immediately the throttle leaves its stop.