Barwick
Well-Known LVC Member
I've got a 2000 LS V8 sport, and I've got hesitation that's getting worse by the day (been about a month now), it was actually hesitating at light throttle around 40-50 mph today, and almost always hesistates at full or near-full throttle on the highway and getting on the highway (and around town for that matter).
It doesn't just die and stop running, but it feels like I'm running on 6, maybe 7 cylinders, then finally 8. Almost like driving an S2000 if you've ever driven one, you can literally feel when that thing flips on its high VTEC lobes, and that's almost what it feels like, you can feel power kick in on it. Only here, you can feel the normal power of the engine coming on as all the cylinders are finally firing.
I always fill it up with 93 or 94 octane, occasionally 92 if that's all the station has, and hardly anything around here has 91.
So I figure there's going to be codes, I take it to Autozone, and they plug the puppy in and say "sorry, checks out fine, and it usually doesn't tell us anything unless the check engine light is on".
Now, someone said that's bull, they can still check it, but I saw them plug it in and saw the output, "Pass". Anything I can do on this, or any way to find out what the problem is?
It doesn't just die and stop running, but it feels like I'm running on 6, maybe 7 cylinders, then finally 8. Almost like driving an S2000 if you've ever driven one, you can literally feel when that thing flips on its high VTEC lobes, and that's almost what it feels like, you can feel power kick in on it. Only here, you can feel the normal power of the engine coming on as all the cylinders are finally firing.
I always fill it up with 93 or 94 octane, occasionally 92 if that's all the station has, and hardly anything around here has 91.
So I figure there's going to be codes, I take it to Autozone, and they plug the puppy in and say "sorry, checks out fine, and it usually doesn't tell us anything unless the check engine light is on".
Now, someone said that's bull, they can still check it, but I saw them plug it in and saw the output, "Pass". Anything I can do on this, or any way to find out what the problem is?