Andrew/Fred/Laura,
Thanks for the input. Checked the distributor and all looked fine there.
I tightened bolts on manifold and that seemed to help. Maybe there was
some kind of vacuum leak at higher RMP.
Dana
> have you checked your distributor thouroughly?? i had a similar problem with
> my 2000 but at a higher rpm--it turned out the shaft was worn to a point
> where it would begin to wobble above a certain rpm and cause a pretty severe
> miss. if you want to call me about it, i'm at work right now 518-477-5408.
> ask for andrew jacobs, jr.
> hope this helps
> >
> > I've replace the head with the valve seat that had dropped down.
> > Unfortunately the car is still not running correctly. At about 3000rpm
> > the car stumbles. This happens in all gears. It comes up to 3000 without
> > any problem then it stumbles/backfires. Potential problems are most
> > likely fuel or spark, so I've put in a new fuel filter, cleaned the
> > screens around the banjo fittings. Made sure there was nothing blocking
> > the needles/seats and blew out the fuel line. The spark seems fine at all
> > cylinders and all the plugs have the correct light brown color.
> >
> > Something that doesn't seem correct at all is that there is
> > potentially antifreeze being puked out of the front set of carbs.
> >
> > Becouse the car acted this way before I put on the new head, my guess is
> > that there isn't a problem with the new head gasket.
> >
> > So what else is left? What would a cracked block act like?
> >
> > Other ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dana
> > ___~@ \__ Dana Nojima
> > ( ________ ) noji@snowman.med.umn.edu
> > _____0________0_____ VA San Francisco
> > (415) 221-4810 x 2031
> >
>
>
___~@ \__ Dana Nojima
( ________ ) noji@snowman.med.umn.edu
_____0________0_____ VA San Francisco
(415) 221-4810 x 2031
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