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Help! Mysterious running problem has me scared! 200 1987

posted by  TONY H on  Thu Jan 30 04:50 CST 2003
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The cracked Distributor cap or water in the gas are both legit ideas.

Water in the gas. If you have it, what tends to happen is ny letting the car sit, the gas and water separate. When you first start the car it may run fine but after a few miles of 'shaking' up the mixture, the car will run crappy. Chug the car to school, hang out for 6 hours and the water/gas is separating again. Good for a smooth ride home.

The Cap could be cracked. It would take 5 minutes to put on a known-good old one from the last tune up and see if the car gets happy. I always keep may last tune=up parts just incase the new stuff die prematurely.
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