[Shotimes] Stumbling at highway speeds

Thesing, Hunter M. HMTHESING@stthomas.edu
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 09:58:22 -0600


Okay, hopefully this will be my last posting for a while, as I'm sure you're
getting tired of my stupid car.  For those of you helping me or who have been
following my progress, the car is running much better now.  Overall, I am
pleased.  However, it still has a few quirks that are bugging me.

At highway speeds (60-75) it sometimes loses power when cruising (just enough
to be noticeable).  And when I give it a little gas, it stumbles.  If I keep
pushing the pedal down, it gets worse, and then at a certain point, the
stumbling stops and it starts to accelerate.  Could this be the point where it
goes into WOT?  That could explain a few things.  I'm not sure if this is
related, but I have a check engine light that comes on intermittently, but
doesn't seem to correlate to this problem.  I'll have codes (hopefully)
tomorrow when I buy a new battery for my reader.

Any ideas?  I had an '84 Buick Skylark that had similar problems that were
corrected with a new MAF.  Does that sound like this could be it? (note:
recently cleaned MAF)

Also, possibly unrelated, my car has been stalling intermittently, only when
coming to a stop (no engine load), and not all the time.  Again, for those
following my saga, I have a new IAC now, which has helped with the idling, so
I think it must be something else now.

Again, I greatly appreciate the feedback from all of you.  Without this vast
knowledge at work, I probably would have kept my wife's Saturn to drive, since
it has been more reliable than the SHO.  Oh, well.

Thanks again,
Hunter Thesing
'93 MTX EG
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K&N Air Filter
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