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OK..working on the 83. 268 kilomiles. I recently had to replace both fuel filters, the fuel pump, most of the rubber fuel lines, coil, cap, rotor and wires. Now I've got something odd happening. It only occurs under a fairly specific set of circumstances.

 

I have to have been driving steady at about 3000rpm. Speed doesnt matter, apparently. Anyway, run the engine at 3000rpm for a while, then load it up without giving it more gas. It will pick up an occasional miss that will get worse if you don't do something. If you floor it, the car will cough onvce more, then the problem goes away. The other solution is to simply disengage the clutch, let it drop back to idle momentarily, then back off the clutch and you're off again.

 

The plugs are a mis-matched set (1 champion, 2 delcos and an autolite. not my doing, but there it is) with some wear on them, but they didn't look bad when last I had them out. I'll probably change them as I should have when I did all that other stuff.

 

Does anyone else have any ideas about other things I should chase down?

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sounds like my grandma's 90 caddy

it loading up and can't burn all the fuel first off get all nice new ngk plugs in it

then run around the block go buy a beer or someting at the minimart

 

get home check and reset the timing if needed and change plug wires if you need

to

 

i paid 600 for my twagon cause it had a bad cap,rotor,wires. ran like hell oh and the coil tower had a crack in it letting it arc to the nearest ground it could find

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