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Subject:Re: Hesitation at low RPM
Date:Thu, 25 Aug 1994 15:04:25 -0500 (CDT)

>
>My '87 Syncro still has the following problem:  after warming up,
>at low rpms, there is very little power, and under load, seems to
>switch between normal (a bit of power) and low-power mode, causing
>a slight bit of jerking.
>
OK, at the risk of being totally wrong and never to be taken seriously
again, this is my *guess*: there's something wrong with the vacuum part of
your distributor. At high rpm, the centrifugal advance will compensate for
the problem.
>
>One thing that struck me odd, is that the air and coolant temp sensors
>have readings that are not equal in the morning when I assume that both
>should have cooled to the ambient air temperature.
>
temp gauges seem to always be off by a bit.

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