# car hesitating **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 27, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-hesitating/167402 "2004-06-27T18:15:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![slowkid02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@slowkid02](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowkid02)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-hesitating/167402/1 "2004-06-27T18:15:03Z")
i just bought a hatch with a dohc zc engine but it hesitates when ever i get on it. like ill be driving normal then get on it and it pauses then it goes. i changed my plugs, plug wires, distributor cap, and i looked at the computer and it is a zc ecu what else could be causing it to hesitate ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-hesitating/167402/2 "2004-06-27T18:20:33Z")
Dirty Fuel filter VTec is broke plugs not gapped right bad gas Wire arching plugs backing out ---
**Author:** ![whitey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/whitey/32/5911_2.png) [@whitey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/whitey)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-hesitating/167402/3 "2004-06-27T18:23:23Z")
throttle body? ---
**Author:** ![slowkid02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7bcc69/32.png) [@slowkid02](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowkid02)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-hesitating/167402/4 "2004-06-27T18:23:42Z")
oh yeah i changed the fuel filter and i dont have vtec( sorry didnt put theat in there before), changed gas and put injector cleaner in it. and the guy said i shouldnt gap the plugs other wise its will fuck it up more ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-hesitating/167402/5 "2004-06-27T18:24:56Z")
see if there backing out. ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-hesitating/167402/6 "2004-06-27T19:16:36Z")
Change the rotor? Screws back out all the time and fuck shit up. any codes? ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2004, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-hesitating/167402/7 "2004-06-28T06:01:20Z")
does that ish run off a maf? ---
**Author:** ![jcxcr4000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcxcr4000/32/5980_2.png) [@jcxcr4000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jcxcr4000)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-hesitating/167402/8 "2004-06-28T20:59:36Z")
> [@turbovw18](#): > > does that ish run off a maf? honda motors dont use a maf i would deffinetaly change the cap and rotor plugs and wires other then that the only thing i could think of would be the fact that it has the wrong ecu i dont know which one you should run with the zc check on hondatech and i bet you will get a answer as to what ecu you need ---
**Author:** ![deadeyehatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@deadeyehatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadeyehatch)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 9:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-hesitating/167402/9 "2004-06-29T09:30:09Z")
i’m pretty sure he already has a zc ecu ---
**Author:** ![8Grand](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/8grand/32/5940_2.png) [@8Grand](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/8Grand)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-hesitating/167402/10 "2004-06-30T09:56:52Z")
Whats the code on the ECU? ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-hesitating/167402/11 "2004-07-01T17:22:11Z")
> [@8Grand](#): > > Whats the code on the ECU? 8675309 ---
**Author:** ![rusty240det](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rusty240det/32/5946_2.png) [@rusty240det](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rusty240det)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2004, 9:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/car-hesitating/167402/12 "2004-07-19T21:05:11Z")
where is the map getting it’s signal from? it should be getting it off of the throttle body vacuum port, not directly off the manifold…i’ve occasionally seen this problem and sometimes it is caused by this…