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Subject:Re: Engine Cutting Out at Highway Speed
From:Rico Sapolich
Date:Sun, 10 Jun 2001 17:07:30 EDT

In a message dated 6/10/01 4:30:23 PM, kdlewis@JUNO.COM writes:

<< Have you check the operation of the full throttle position
sensor? >>

Ken,

Coincidentally, I had just gone over the engine with a tune up and that was
one thing I adjusted.  The cutting out I described was not a degradation of
performance or driveability, instead it was as if the plug had been pulled
abruptly.  Also, since the cutting out did not occur when I took the throttle
to the floor more gradually, I suspect a wire was in a strain somewhere only
to short or open when the engine was jerked around by the throttle.

Rich