Smokers cough?

[PoloGTi]

This morning at about 6:30 I was driving to work and as I accelerated on the slip road my car just refused to go any quicker so I changed up a gear and it accellerated then when it hit 5,000 revs it did the same thing. I when I pulled off I tried every gear to get it passed 5,000 revs and it just wouldnt.

It was as if not enough air was getting to the engine, it was -2oC outside and when I came home this afternoon it was fine again.

Has anybody else experienced anything like this?

[morrismen]

...it was the cam belt tensioner causing the engine to hick-up.

[ali]

I ocassionally had this problem as well I think it is because the car still thinks it hasn't warmed up yet and is still on choke. I mentioned it to dealer, but they could never find a fault.
The quickest method to cure it is to restart the engine worked every time for me.

[ttaw2]

My car does the same (before and after my cambelt woes) and my garage have said that there is a temperature sensor which lowers the soft cut rev limiter until the engine warms up..

Then again they could just be talking cr4p