I might be a bit useless here, but have you checked the basics? Plugs, plug wires, dizzy cap, rotor button? Once in the middle of my summer trip my Westy sputtered and bucked. I said my prayers, checked my AAA coverage while clutching my rosary only to find fouled plugs. I had my old plugs as a backup so I swapped them and was merrily on the way once again... until my left front tire blew a belt 200 miles later. Sooo.... if THAT helps... On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 5:15 PM, John Drew <john.p.drew@gmail.com> wrote: > > > After driving 150 miles or so (yesterday), we reached a slightly higher > altitude along the southern state line between N. Mexico and Arizona (at > one > point I think we nearly hit 6000 feet), the car started to occasionally > lurch, as if it were running out of gas (the tank was full and there were > no > gas leaks however). |
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