The symptoms: Again, this is intermittant. One day last week I drove 25
miles out of town to see a client and it ran beautifully all the way. But
it skipped and sputtered all the way home. It doesn't slow you down all
that much... I could still go 50-55 mph, but if you dip into the throttle
at all it skips and sputters and pops out the tailpipe. Not a backfire,
but just a mild poppity-pop sound when trying to accelerate. I say
"sputtering" because it seems random and irregular, not like a misfire
where the same cylinder is dead every time around. If you have to go
uphill it can slow you down, though... if you give it much load at all
it'll pop and sputter in any gear, especially top gear, and take you down
to 25 mph. Then the next day on the same hill it'll pull strong and smooth
all the way up. Generally, when it's misbehaving you can minimize or avoid
it altogether just by keeping an even throttle. But the minute you
accelerate it'll pop and sputter again.
Any suggestions?
Thanks as always!
Pete Chadwell
1973 TR6
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