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Date:         Tue, 3 May 2005 08:49:23 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: hesitation
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When's the last time you changed plugs, points, wires, cap, rotor, and ran some techron through the gas tank? The "low point" of my 2.1's life was about 5 or 6 years ago, and I thought I just had an old car that wasn't going to get any better--but I was wrong!

Jim

On May 3, 2005, at 8:34 AM, Rob Infante wrote:

> Hi. Sun. night when I was driving home I started having problems > with > hesitation. I had just cleared a not-so-big hill, when I could feel > it sort of > stuttering. The tach never wavered, and it wasn't too bad, but I > could > definitely feel it a bit. It didn't do it every second but it also > never went a > minute without doing it. Just an annoying stuttering feeling. I > drove it last > night and didn't notice anything, but this morning it feels like it > might be > back. Its a little hard to tell as it is all back roads to work, but > at > lunch I'm going to take it on the highway and see if it happens > again. I can > think of a number of things that would cause this, but the fact that > the engine > never falters just seems strange. > > Any ideas? > > thanks in advance > rob infante > 87 syncro westy >


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