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full power stumble
In first when I have the power key on at around 5000rpm I have a stumble. Now in second I dont have a stumble at all. Now the gas is over a year old but I did add two cans of octane boost so I am going to run it out first and put fresh in to see if I have a fuel issue. I just replaced the pumps and I hope that isn't the issue cause man that was hard to get back in. I also checked the pumps and checked the check valves.
Dave Last edited by mgbrv8; 08-11-2011 at 11:30 PM. |
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Re: full power stumble
Does it happen with the power key off?
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08-12-2011
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Re: full power stumble
FWIW, Last year I had the fuel pumps replaced in my car. During the intial drive home from the repair facility, I had a similar stumble when I tried to accelerate past traffic or overtake a vehicle. Once I got the car home and refueled the car, the problem never repeated. I don't know if it was because of pressure in the tank or what but it never ocurred again.
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Re: full power stumble
Okay when I changed the pumps it showed a half of a tank. Now I have driven it with the new pumps about twenty miles, now this morning it was acting a little worst. I wanted to run more of the bad gas out but i went to put some fresh in. I put 10 gal in and it registered a quarter shy of full. I didnt want to fill it up just in case I have to pull the pump again. It ran perfectly afterwards. Now was it the bad gas or the fuel level. I hope I didnt bend the float when I put the pumps in. If I did how do I reset it??
Dave Last edited by mgbrv8; 08-12-2011 at 04:12 PM. |
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08-19-2011
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: San Antonio area
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Re: full power stumble
bad/old gas - damned E10 stuff has no shelf life - say 6 months or less. My 91 was bogging badly after a heat soak restart and with some fresh fuel today it's back to normal.
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Re: full power stumble
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Re: full power stumble
Good read on the subject of E10.
http://www.fuel-testers.com/expirati...hanol_gas.html
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Re: full power stumble
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And I heard that more corn is used for ethanol than food now. I used to be a midwest farmer so I can empathize with them, but federal subsidies to brew ethanol ... what will they think of next, subsidies to grow nothing? Oh, never mind, I just remembered "Kennedy hay" from the early 1960s; farmers paid to grow acres and acres of weeds on fallow land. end of rant and, yes 
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