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Subject:Re: Faint sputter/stutter at 70mph
From:Rob
Date:Mon, 13 Apr 2009 13:44:09 -0700

At  4/13/2009 12:23 PM, Tony Collins wrote:
>So I had a faint sputter/stutter at 70mph, this happend a couple of times
>ussually when on a headhead wind so I chucked the loss of power to the wind.
>
>I had this same thing happen again after a return trip from Ann Arbor, MI to
>Detroit Airport on Saturday. As I was pushing 70 and hit the gas the engine
>seem to have a flat-lack of power spot.

70 mph is high demand on the engine time.
My first guess would be the gas filter (I jeep a clear jar around to
pour the "in" side fluid into just to look). My second guess would be
spark plugs.

Rob
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