annoying hesitation

[rustynlc]

hi, i have an a3 1.8 sport, non turbo, its a 1998 model, chuffed to bits with the car, but lately i have noticed a problem, when accelerating as soon as the engine reaches 2500-3000 revs the car seems to hold back, and after a brief spell the car coninues on its path up through the revs normally, its almost like a turbo lag, only this car has no turbo, the car idles perfect and this problem dont seem to happen all the time and its not always on a certain gear, one moment i might happen in 3rd and the next it could be in 5th, i have no warning lights, its had a recent full service, any advice would be great as it is frustrating. thanks in advance

 

[lnewland]

I has this on a bmw 320 i owed and it turned out to be a coilpack

 

[rustynlc]

thanks for the reply lnewland, coilpacks didnt actually cross my mind, any ideas if these can be tested or is it a case of just replaceing them, as i can only assume they will be costly. I too use to have bmw's but the main faults i encountered was air flow mass meters screwing up and dodgy idle control valves, definatly glad im in the audi boat now, far better german engineering, cheers for the reply

 

[lnewland]

That my friend I don't know