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Subject:Bucking and Snorting on Fwy
From:Bob Stevens
Date:Mon, 5 Nov 2001 13:43:48 -0700

Know I've seen this problem visited on here but don't have firm memory of
the solution...or actually what the problem is...help please:
On my way to work today, about 10 minutes after starting my precious beast,
I was accelerating onto the freeway and had very little accelleration at
first, then when holding the accelerator down, it began to slow gradually.
(On my way to the freeway on surface streets, no problem.) I pulled to the
right side of the roadway and shifted down into "2" (automatic) and same
results. When I would pump the pedal quickly it would accelerate slightly
while sputtering and bucking. When I held the pedal still it would only
slowly decellerate. and finally smoothed out and I could proceed as normal.
Question: is this the idle/air mixture device behind the right rear
tailight?
Any thoughts would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Bob Stevens
'91 Westy

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