# no response from throttle
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416
**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [April 3, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416 "2005-04-03T21:58:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 16
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### Author:  [@SinfulRides16](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinfulRides16)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/1 "2005-04-03T21:58:17Z")
my 91 digi jetta has always seem to lack the power that it should have. whenever i first start up the car each day, ill let it warm up for a few and then start driving every time i shift it will hesitate and jerk like 5 or 6 times and the continue accelerating. Now occasionally ill be at a stop, go to give it gas and there will be no response other than a slight growl from the intake. Even if i put it to the floor nothing for a few seconds then it will start to rev up. but it will be very sluggish for about 30seconds and then run normal…
any ideas on what may be causing this? :dunno:
lemme know! Thanks
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### Author:  [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2005, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/2 "2005-04-03T22:06:46Z")
your running rich, when you first start a car up that hasent been driven in a few hours or so it runs rich and has a slightly higher idle to warm the car up…
my car jerks too when i first fire it up and try to drive it within secs.
let the car warm up a little more then you’ll be fine
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### Author:  [@SinfulRides16](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinfulRides16)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/3 "2005-04-03T22:16:57Z")
its not like it lurches forward tho, its like a miss but only does it a few times really hard and then dissapates.
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### Author:  [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/4 "2005-04-03T22:17:42Z")
> [@SinfulRides16](#):
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> its not like it lurches forward tho, its like a miss but only does it a few times really hard and then dissapates.
read above once more
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### Author:  [@SinfulRides16](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinfulRides16)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/5 "2005-04-03T22:18:41Z")
it does it also sometimes whenever ive been driving for 10 mins a half hour or even just running around on and off all day
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### Author:  [@SinfulRides16](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinfulRides16)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2005, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/6 "2005-04-03T22:29:22Z")
any idea why it decides to not respond whenever i push the gas sometimes, this happens even when its plenty warm, i drove 30mins from monroville to my place so it wasnt cold by ne means and it left me hangin at the stop sign at the end of my street. :repost:
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### Author:  [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2005, 1:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/7 "2005-04-04T01:51:39Z")
timing off slightly a couple degrees?? :dunno:
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### Author:  [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2005, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/8 "2005-04-04T05:53:55Z")
Vaccuum leak or maybe Intake manifold gasket
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### Author:  [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2005, 10:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/9 "2005-04-04T10:00:25Z")
> [@BlkP42E](#):
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> Vaccuum leak or maybe Intake manifold gasket
my altima just got back from the shop for a intake gasket leak. It idled like crap, but ran good off idle.
Does your car have a cam position sensor ar a crank position sensor. I remember my sho acting similar to yours and the cam sensor fixed the problem. Are there any codes stored in the computer?
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### Author:  [@The1SloR\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The1SloR_T)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/10 "2005-04-04T12:26:02Z")
vaccuum leak was going to be the next thing i was going to say
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### Author:  [@TBeck2000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TBeck2000)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/11 "2005-04-04T13:38:44Z")
MAF?
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### Author:  [@SinfulRides16](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinfulRides16)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/12 "2005-04-04T14:54:44Z")
i just took the MAF into consideration earlier today so im gonna get another one off a car up the junk yard and see if it runs any different.
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### Author:  [@slowkid02](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowkid02)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2005, 5:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/13 "2005-04-05T05:29:05Z")
my 89 civic did that, but never found the problem. I changed the fuel filter and nothing so prob not that. But good luck finding the problem. Good suggestions from the guys too.
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### Author:  [@green](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/green)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2005, 7:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/14 "2005-04-06T07:36:06Z")
try the fuel filter my maxima did the same thing now its fine
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### Author:  [@Jethro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jethro)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/15 "2005-04-06T14:25:49Z")
www.dub-tech.com
Come over there and you will get much more VW specific help.
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### Author:  [@SinfulRides16](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SinfulRides16)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/no-response-from-throttle/173416/16 "2005-04-08T19:47:45Z")
today was one of those days where i just stood looking under my hood at my briggs & straton type powerplant. I for the first time noticed strange looking piece of rubber stickin out from the back of the engine. I grabbed ahold of it and pulled it off, it revealed a small metal pipe that connected to my exhaust manifold. once the rubber was off it blew straight smoke out. I didnt have time to really look into what its purpose was cuz i had scheduled plans for 2nite, but im just guessing its part of an EGR system that was eliminated. Seeing that i couldnt pass emissions to save my soul. but its just an idea, ill look into it more after work 2morrow. just figured id mention it before i take a closer look. Anybody know off the top of their heads what im talkin about?