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Several weeks ago I went on another ~750 mi road trip and for all intents and purpose the car seem to run quite nicely, although the engine must have quit at least 30 times during that trip.

That becomes very frustrating very quickly and even scary, especially when you're passing another vehicle or two.

At one point, while I was away the vehicle refused to idle after starting and even though the "reserve" light had just recently come on I felt there was still enough fuel to keep the car going. I was able to gas up and that "seemed" to correct the problem but I felt there was a fueling problem of some sort.

Since my return the car has been very inconsistent in the way it runs.


One day it would start and idle but would die as soon as I gave it throttle.

Another time it would start but not idle, but if I kept feeding gas it would run and would die as soon as I stopped feeding gas.

I have gone for short drives (car well warmed up) on a few occasions and have had different results.

One day the car ran fine and didn't even quit.

Another time the car would refuse to idle until it was well warmed up.


I checked my pressures this am and the system pressure was at 2.6 bars which I believe is low. I think it's time to have the WUR looked at, cleaned and adjusted.

I should also mention that I tried a smoke test a few times. The first time there was smoke coming up from the back of the rubber boot over the air flow sensor (close to firewall) and when I tried it again I could not replicate it. Go figure.


I should also mention that I managed to replace the green distributor wire and I don't think that has had any effect one way or another.