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Subject:Re: Faint sputter/stutter at 70mph
From:Jonce Fancher
Date:Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:16:18 -0400

Hi
I would check the cap and make sure a wire is not arcing out on something.
what is the weather like when your having issues. ? Wet? Dry? Could also be a loose connectore or a bad elec connection. If intermit it could be anything. I
may have a AFM with the cap Fix for syndrome on the shelf if you want to play with it. It was not a fix for me I had a internally broken wire on a temp to
sensor. But that was a different issue all together.
C-ya Jonce

>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
>becida@comcast.net

Jonce Fancher

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