S
ym pto m S
ta rtin g W
on’t sta rt T
he sta rte r is use d to cra nk th e engin e, but th ere is no co m bustio n wit h in th e
c ylin ders , and th e engin e won’t sta rt. F
ir e s up and die s T
here is co m bustio n wit h in th e cylin ders , but th en th e engin e so on sta lls . H
ard sta rtin g E
ngin e sta rts afte r cra nkin g awhile . I
d lin g H
untin g E
ngin e sp eed doesn ’t re m ain co nsta nt; ch anges at id le . s
ta bilit y R
ough id le U
su ally , a ju dgem ent ca n be base d upon th e move m ent of th e ta ch om ete r
p oin te r, a nd th e vib ra tio n tr a nsm it te d to th e ste erin g wheel, s h if t le ve r, b ody, e tc .
T his is ca lle d ro ugh id le . I
n co rre ctid le sp eed T
he engin e doesn ’t id le at th e usu alco rre ct sp eed. E
ngin e sta ll
( D ie out) T
he engin e sta lls when th e fo otis ta ke n fr o m th e acce le ra to r pedal, re gard le ss
o f w heth er th e ve hic le s is m ovin g or not. E
ngin e sta ll
( P ass out) T
he engin e sta lls when th e acce le ra to r pedalis depre sse d or w hile it is bein g
u se d. D
riv in g H
esit a tio n, S ag “
H esit a tio n” is th e dela y in re sp onse
o f th e ve hic le sp eed (e ngin e sp eed)
t h at occu rs when th e acce le ra to r is
d epre sse d in ord er to acce le ra te
f r o m th e sp eed at w hic h th e ve hic le
i s now tr a ve lin g,o ra te m pora ry dro p
i n ve hic le sp eed (e ngin e sp eed)
d urin g su ch acce le ra tio n.
S erio us hesit a tio n is ca lle d “s a g”. V
ehic le
s p eed I
n it ia la c-
c e le ra to r
p edald e-
p re ssio n N
orm alH
esit a tio n
S ag
T im e P
oor acce le ra tio n is in abilit y to obta in an acce le ra tio n co rre sp ondin g to th e
d egre e of th ro ttle openin g, eve n th ough acce le ra tio n is sm ooth , or th e in abilit y
t o re ach maxim um sp eed. S
tu m ble E
ngin e sp eed in cre ase is dela ye d
w hen th e acce le ra to r pedal is
i n it ia lly depre sse d fo r acce le ra -
t io n.
Norm al
I n it ia l ac-
c e le ra to r
p edal de-
p re ssio n
I d lin g
Stu m ble
T im e
V
ehic le
s p eed