Well, I just tried to make it up to Stowe for the British Invasion and it
gave me a lot of grief.
The engine seems to be running, just doesn't have anything to propel it.
It's exactly the same feeling when you run out of gas (how the engine behaves).
Sometimes coming off the gas (or cresting a hill) makes it recover.
If driven moderately, as I did coming home, it can be avoided.
If driven aggressively (giving it an "Italian Tune-up", I think it is
called), it's much more likely to trigger the condition.
Once triggered, it will recur intermittently for the rest of the trip.
When it's happening there will be "surges" where it seems to get the fuel
it wants, and leap forward, then it seems to be starved again.
My gut tells me this is fuel-related. I would think an electrical problem
wouldn't exhibit quite this collection of behavior, but I could certainly
be wrong about that.
If someone can describe an electrical condition that would behave like
that, I'm happy to listen, because I'd rather diagnose an electrical
problem than a fuel problem, but it doesn't seem to strike me as one.
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