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Originally Posted by arnosvale65
I don't think it has ever been touched according to the History. I went for a drive today and in the lower gears she seems OK. The main problem is when I take my foot off in 5th or 4th and then accelerate again. She is very poor until she reaches 2000rpm, then woosh! Off she goes.
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Without knowing your experience with cars - i.e. what you've driven before. 'very poor' could mean a wide variety of 'not much go'. To be honest you won't get much 'go' below 2000rpm if you shove your foot down hard in 4th and 5th gear. It'll pull about as well as an asthmatic 1.8 (nasp) at best. Any MAF problems and the response will be a lot worse. If you can test the MAF or get to a T4 operator who can take the readings for you then get it checked. Bear in mind that 1500rpm in 5th is 50mph, and you won't get any real acceleration at that speed in top gear at all anyway. Shift up a 1000 rpm and it'll go just fine (between 1700 and 2400) don't be afraid to rev it a little - red line isn't until 4600rpm and you'll never need to take it over 3000 unless you want to
. However you should get reasonable engine response from as little as 1000 rpm in the lower gears. (1,2,3).