engine RPM behaviour

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Chicobiker

Hello.

I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed the following behaviour out of
their engines.

I have a 2003 OBS with 110k kms. Lately I have noticed that the engine
RPM seems to drop much faster between shifts than other times. It
makes it difficult to shift smoothly since my normal wait time results
in the RPMs being way too low. I had noticed this behaviour on hot
days last summer, but I have been noticing it more recently. It seems
to happen randomly, Sometimes only for one shift, sometimes for a whole
drive.

Any thoughts?

Chicobker
 
Chicobiker said:
Hello.

I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed the following behaviour out of
their engines.

I have a 2003 OBS with 110k kms. Lately I have noticed that the engine
RPM seems to drop much faster between shifts than other times. It
makes it difficult to shift smoothly since my normal wait time results
in the RPMs being way too low. I had noticed this behaviour on hot
days last summer, but I have been noticing it more recently. It seems
to happen randomly, Sometimes only for one shift, sometimes for a whole
drive.

Any thoughts?
Sure. Learn powershifting or get one of the modern econoboxes like
Nissan Vice Versa.
According to the reviews the engine hangs onto the revs for way too
long.
 
Chicobiker said:
Hello.

I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed the following behaviour out of
their engines.

I have a 2003 OBS with 110k kms. Lately I have noticed that the engine
RPM seems to drop much faster between shifts than other times. It
makes it difficult to shift smoothly since my normal wait time results
in the RPMs being way too low. I had noticed this behaviour on hot
days last summer, but I have been noticing it more recently. It seems
to happen randomly, Sometimes only for one shift, sometimes for a whole
drive.

Any thoughts?

Chicobker

Well, if something has changed noticeably, likely some attention is
needed somewhere. The first place to be suspicious woul be any recent
work done or cjanges in the car's use.
Next, perhaps a simple throttle body cleaning or some cleaning of the
IACV would help.
maybe someone at www.nasioc.com or www.usmb.net has some exact
experience paralleling yours.

Carl
 
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Stop wasting your time on mouse movements
Open favorite web pages with a single hotkey press
Record keystrokes and play them back with a single hotkey press
 
it took me a while to adjust to my '02 legacy wagon, which i bought
used. in particular, i found shifting to be jerkier than i was used
to, and the engine was prone to stalling a lot more.. i ran some
injector cleaner through, and had the o2 sensors replaced, and i've
started shifting out much higher (4,000 rpm instead of 3,000), which
feels much, much smoother. (the flat 4 doesn't howl like other japanese
engines when you wind it up.) and it seems that having the a/c turned
on actually improves drivability, without much effect on gas mileage.
(which really doesn't make any sense.)

at least that's been my experience.
 

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