At 02:19 PM 1/16/2003, Scott Wilson wrote:
>up by having my foot on the gas to rev up to 1500 rpm
>until it is ready to idle on its' own. i will have it
>steadily going at 1500 or so, and for no apparent
>reason it will almost die, until i give it more gas,
>then it picks back up, but will maybe do it again.

Long shot -- but if the throttle switch is stuck closed, the motor will run
up to about 1500 rpm at which point the fuel gets shut off until it gets
well below that speed, repeat indefinitely.  As I say, it's a long shot.

d

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