How's your fuel filter?

Andy Morse wrote:
> 86 syncro, I still have sputtering even after running dry gas, fresh gas and
> installing a capacitor, aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh ! I'm out of ideas? I know this van
> is capable of running fine.
>     Symptoms I drive a few 100 feet down the road everything is fine and then
> it starts losing power, regains it, loses it, back fires, a bit of black
> smoke, I have to pull over, shut it off, starts fine and the cycle repeats itself.
> Plugs, wires are fine
>
> The light for the OXYGEN sensor had been on since day 1, but ran fine while
> my friend owned it.
>
> The water pump has a leak, the Clymer manual makes zero reference on how to
> change it, man is it tight in there to get it out, I'mlooking for the best way
> to drain fluid and get it out of there. TIA.
>
> Andy frustrated in Albany, NY
>