When I had #2745 it also experienced a similar intermittent condition. I
released the gas cap from the full closed position to the loose
position. The problem did not reoccur. Just something you might try.
There apparently was a vacuum problem but I did not locate it.
Don #1880
isensee@aol.com wrote:
>I drove my Bricklin quite a bit today because my daily driver had a problem.
>It ran fine most of the time, but I had an infrequent intermittent problem. I
>was driving at highway speed and the engine started bucking for several
>seconds as if it was missing badly then it smoothed back out. Later, when I
>started the car it died immediately several times even when I gave it quite a
>bit of gas. Then I turned off the AC and it started fine and ran fine the rest
>of the day. Since the problem is so intermittent, I can't be certain it is the
>AC, but it seems like it may be. Does it sound like the problem could be the
>compressor locking up? If so, would that be caused by a low freon level or by
>a problem with the compressor itself? The AC is cooling as well as it ever
>has. Any ideas what the problem is likely to be and how to troubleshoot it?
>
>Scott
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