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Subject:Re: Bucking/misfire on the Freeway. Its and 87 Syncro Manual tranny
From:SKP
Date:Sat, 29 Jul 2006 19:06:30 -0700

Sorry, get caught up in the details.. Its an 87 Synro, Manual transmission.

On 7/29/06 3:56 PM, "SKP" <skp@ONSHAKYGROUND.COM> wrote:

> I am hoping someone can shed some light on particularly difficult problem.
> 
> When driving on the freeway for a while, I have an abrupt bucking/misfire.
> It is very specific in that it happens only when I slightly let off the
> accelerator and will go away for a few minutes if I press the accelerator
> firmly  or release the accelerator.  Sometimes this behavior will continue
> until I stop the car or may simply stop the behavior on its own.
> 
> The only discernable pattern is that if the road requires acceleration and
> deceleration, the problem doesn�t surface.  If there is a steady constant
> speed, and I slightly lift the accelerator, the behavior begins.