MattyV6 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Hi all, Bit of a strange one, that has always happened since I've owned my Zed (coming up to 2 years now). When accelerating normally under normal driving conditions, when I change gear sometimes you can hear the engine revs fluctuate and the rev needle itself actually wobbles up and down a bit. Its almost as if you've done a really bad gear change to too high a gear or something, even if you havent. Its hard to explain. However... when driving the car flat out and changing gear, its absolutely fine. I think the rev needle still wobbles a bit for some reason but the engine note doesnt fluctuate, it just pulls hard. The car has had a brand new (Exedy) clutch fitted in the past year and a new LUK DMF as well as I suspected these were the cause. Unfortunately this made no difference! The car is currently on 103,000 miles and I bought her on 80,000. Any idea what this could be? I'd love to get it fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Sounds like the MAF or throttle body might need a clean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyV6 Posted September 4, 2013 Author Share Posted September 4, 2013 Doh sorry its a hard one to explain! It seems to me like its something transmission wise tho, a mount or bushing perhaps. Engine runs perfectly so don't think it would be that. I may try and get a video up perhaps? If that would help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnH Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Take it to a good garage and get them to test drive it. Where are you based? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyV6 Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 Yeah that might not be a bad idea. I did mention it to my garage before and they thought it could be something to do with the diff. Said they owned a few cars before with similar problems and its more hassle than its worth to fix. They didn't properly look into it tho. I was just wondering if this was something anyone else had experienced with a Zed. I'm based in Devon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_2424 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Mine does this, I thought I read some cars just do it and everyone had just learnt to live with it. I've never had anyone look at mine so report back if you find a fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteman35 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 When I change gear my revs jump up a couple of needles without touching the throttle.. I do have a lightened fly. But it did do it a bit with the dual mass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth29 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 had something similar but it was because my idling speed was too high - so around town the revs would surge when i declutched - really annoying and it made for very jerky progress - a pedal dance seems to have really improved things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Sounds like you haven't yet mastered the new clutch. double de-clutch on change downs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyV6 Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Oh crap I forgot about this thread... lol I still need to take that video to explain it a bit better. I hope its a fixable thing. I've been living with it since I got the car but it would be much nicer if it was fixed. Not to say she doesn't drive nice I just want her to be perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth29 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Sounds like you haven't yet mastered the new clutch. double de-clutch on change downs. Is that double de-clutch every time you drive the car, or just when you have new clutch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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