mine is a 1.9 wbx better now than it was after another tank of gas but still troublesome going to try dri-gas before shooting it. On Oct 9, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Mike Rouby wrote: What engine (2.0 AC, 1.9 WBX, 2.1 WBX) is this?? Jarrett Kupcinski <kpcnsk@SPRYNET.COM> wrote: I had something similar, but perhaps more irregular last spring. On my way back to Texas from Colorado, the van seemed to sputter at cruising speed occasionally (but only in 4th gear) to the point that it lost power and I had to downshift. I could drive in lower gears without problem. I too thought it was the fuel filter, but finding one on the road in Oklahoma was impossible. Instead, I got some fuel injector cleaner and ran that through a tank of gas. I think the problem arose once more after that. Strange thing is, I haven't had the problem since I got home. The only thing I can think of in retrospect was that I got some bad gas (I did stop at a sketchy gas station outside Denver) and it took a while for it to work its way through the system. That's pure speculation, and maybe completely ridiculous, but its the best I could come up with. -Jarrett On Oct 6, 2006, at 5:21 PM, monte merrick wrote: > hey gang > > long time no read or write > > moved to land of little or no internet > > and now i have a problem > > van ran out of gas the other day - refueled - ran fine > drove all day needed more gas - got some at arco (cheap!) > almost immediately began to sputter at crusiing speed in any gear - > whether cruising at 25, 45 or 60 miles per hour. acclerates poorly and > hates hills with new rancor. cleaned some of the grounds on engine > block - seemed to help at first but quickly realized it was wishful > thinking. could it be the gas - the fuel filter, the fuel pump - these > are the limits of my thoughts on the matter. oh yeah it seems like its > running rich not lean which is why i havent really thought it was the > filter. any ideas???? > > hope everyone is doing okay > > monte > > "I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse, and a turtle dove, and am still > on their trail. Many are the travelers I have spoken to concerning > them, describing their tracks and what calls they answered to. I have > met one or two who had heard the hound, and the tramp of the horse, > and > even seen the dove disappear behind a cloud, and they seemed as > anxious > to recover them as if they had lost them themselves." - henry thoreau
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"I long ago lost a hound, a bay horse, and a turtle dove, and am still on their trail. Many are the travelers I have spoken to concerning them, describing their tracks and what calls they answered to. I have met one or two who had heard the hound, and the tramp of the horse, and even seen the dove disappear behind a cloud, and they seemed as anxious to recover them as if they had lost them themselves." - henry thoreau |
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