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- From: Steve.Kaess@f417.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Steve Kaess)
- Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
- Path: sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: STALLING ENGINE
- Message-ID: <712274414.F00001@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 02:20:08 -0500
- Lines: 31
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- > AMC 360 V8. I have been having a hard time getting it started
- > when the engine
- > is cold. A squirt of Starting Fluid in the carb starts
- > it right up.
- > To keep it running then I have to hold the gas pedal down
- > til the engine is
- > warm. With the engine warm the car idles fine and will
- > restart
- > easily. WHat would cause this sort of problem?
- > The Jeep also will stall out when driving. It accelerates
- > fine
- > but if I hit the brakes(power) or try to turn sharply it
- > stalls.
- > I have driven it about 3 blocks to the gas station to put
- > some
- > fresh gas in the tank.
- >
- > Details:
- > Jeep has been sitting for several years. The exhaust is
- > incomplete
- > and many of the vacuum hoses are broke. I have not checked
- > the
- > gas tank for water yet. I was hoping to get some idea of
- > where the
- between the vaccuum lines and the exhaust your problems may well
- lie...replace all the vaccuum lines-on the mid 70's amc's the a/c
- panel often leaked vaccuum too and put an exhaust on it...should
- be a big improvment!!
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