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[tech] need help! Car bucking on the hwy



The pre pump was what I was thinking as I read this. Has there been any
connection to amount of gas?
John
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Bureau" <ats@longcoeur.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:39 PM
Subject: [tech] need help! Car bucking on the hwy


>
> Alright,
>
> Driving at 70mph all of the sudden the car decided to "buck" more
accurately
> describe as hesitation and lost of power.
> The tachometer does not flinch, and if I press on the gas it can achieve
one
> of two possible things
>
> A) car revs up and pulls forward
> B) car tries to rev and feels like its staving on fuel or not igniting it.
>
> This seems to be intermittent, well, not constant at any point, more like
> randomized, but continual during a short 40 mile trip.
> If I drive I know I will endure this situation is what I mean, not it will
> happen twice in a week type of deal.
>
> So I was on my way home and close to a 24hrs AutoZone, and I swapped (yes
at
> 11pm at night) the in-tank transfer fuel pump.
> Results are the same.
>
> Anyone have any idea what this is all about???
>
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