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Old 05-05-2009, 04:39 PM
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Ive had this happen before I put a tachometer in but anyways this morning i was going some where and noticed i was slowing down a bit so i gave it more gas and it once in a while feels like theres loss of power and the engine and/or tranny dont really react to me pushin the peddle down and in the process it even sound like that and i look at the tachometer and i see it go all the way down to around 200 RPM and then finaly kick into a lower (Number) gear and shoots up to like 2500 RPM and speeds back up but what is the reason and what could be done about it

and for more information it only happens around 2X to 35 MPH
 
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Old 05-05-2009, 04:44 PM
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wow similar thing happened to me a couple days ago... i pulled out of a parking lot into traffic gave it gas and it just bogged down and didn't accelerate... but it only happened once so i haven't been able to check into it more... sorry that prolly doesn't help just thought i'd through it out there... lol
 
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Old 05-06-2009, 12:23 AM
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maybe a bad o2 sensor? or TPS? did you notice any smoke come out of the tail pipe? what color it was if so? coughing? sputtering?
 
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I didnt notice any smoke and it did not couph or sputter any
 
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Does any one know what the F*cks goin on, it dosnt happen often but i still want to know what the possible reasons are
 
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Old 05-08-2009, 09:44 PM
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It sounds like you just need to clean and tune the carb to get the engine running better. If the tranny is still slow to respond, adjust the TV cable.
 

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