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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 09:26 PM
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I recently started having a problem. My van decides that it doesn't want to accelerate. I have to press on the gas and there is a delay before it accelerates. It's ok to drive and continues without hesitation - it's just from a stop that it delays.. what could be the problem?
 
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 09:56 PM
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Welcome to DF
Do you have the 2.2/2.5 or the 3.0L engine?
 
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 10:51 PM
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It is a 2.5
 
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 10:53 PM
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It also makes more of a whining sound when you try to accelerate more than usual.
 
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Old Apr 13, 2010 | 10:53 PM
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used to have an issue with little stones getting caught under the egr valve pintle causing that issue
 
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 12:45 PM
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it was my transmission which equals death to my van.. it has stopped down shifting.. I give it a week
 
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Old Apr 14, 2010 | 08:22 PM
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There comes a time when that's the sensible thing to do. We sent our 88 to the great salvage yard in the sky last summer over an accumulation of things that were going to take far more to fix than the van was worth, even to me.
 
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