ok.. big prob... here's the symptoms, and I'll be as thorough as possible

idle's rough

when you rev it, at about 2k, it bogs down (if you look in the carb, you see almost no fuel spray at that point) If you keep going, it all of a sudden kicks back in and revs up higher. (large fuel spurt at this point in the carb)

When you drive, it will try to die at 2k, when you rev it up and drive hard, it feels like you hit a brick wall at 5k. and no power after that.

Here's what I've done so far. I did the rats nest removal and replaced all the hoses, and I did the block-off plates... no leaks to my knowledge. I even pulled each hose off individually and plugged them.

I did the atf treatment... no change. changed plugs after that, of course... it has a new cap, rotor as well.

that's all I can think of right now....

 

Fuel pump maybe? No clue, i dont think fuel pump would be RPM specific.

Are the butterflies getting stuck?

 

fuel filter. I'd almost bet money thats it. located back at the tank, costs like $4, takes 10 mins max to put in. Mine did the same thing.

 

accelerator pump?

 

that would be awesome if it was just the fuel filter... I'll check that out, thanks.

 

Sounds like a fuel filter to me too. I didnt even read the whole thread, but Id bet its the fuel filter.

~T.J.

 

Are you sure you're not actually driving INTO a brick wall?

Some elderly people do that alot.

 

I think it is the filter also, and for 4 bucks, who can complain?

Chris

 

10 mins? haha mine's like
*grab one clip with pliers, grab other clip with pliers, pull out old, put in new, reverse clips, done*


the longest part for a first-timer will be finding the right area... it's all in the approach...

Jeff

 

Yeah, the funny thing is... I bought all this crap to fix it up when I first got it... including the fuel filter... the fuel filter is still sitting in the back of my car =) I'll get to it this evening... Thanks for all the input.

 

hey, i said 10 mins max. I don't know how fast I could do it now, i've only changed it once. so there

 

when i changed mine, gas started shooting everywhere, wasn't fun, prolonged gasoline exposure to skin isn't fun.

 

Wuss . J/K

~T.J.

 

hahahaha oo man thats great lollll

 

i vote accelerator pump

 

oh yeah, when I first changed mine, gas not only shot every where, but it got in my eye! NOW THATS not fun.