Stuttering, lurching engine, anyone have any clues?
I was driving down the street tonight, just filled up with gas, temperature of the engine was normal, tuned her up about 18k miles ago (plugs only). The car started stuttering, lurching forward when the gas pedal was pressed. I engaged the clutch, idle went to normal, let it out a bit and hit the gas. Same thing. It died in the intersection. I restarted the engine and coasted to a stop. Idle was normal, car still lurched and stuttered. I popped the hood, everything sounded fine. I revved it to about 5.5k rpms for 15-20 seconds. All symptoms are now gone. This has happened before. Any ideas what this might be? Plugs are new, wires are good, O2 sensor was replaced about 12k miles ago. Don't know about the cap and rotor though. I don't know what else this could be. Any guesses? the car's an '84 with 90k miles.
[This message has been edited by Oi-Punx (edited 03-23-2001).]
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