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Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1
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![]() Hey Everyone --
I am having some trouble with my 2003 3.8 and was hoping to pick some brains and try and figure out what is up with it. Here goes -- I am having trouble with what seems to be the engine missing. After I have been driving for a while 40/45 minutes the engine begins to miss. If I give it gas it doesn't respond and then when it does it hesitates and jerks pretty badly. If I am on the interstate going highway speed it will sometimes not be able to keep the speed up. I only seem to notice this problem if i've been driving for a little while -- and if I pull over and shut the car off for a few minutes it stops doing this for a while. The weird thing is I recently made a long trip at night when it was cooler and had no problems at all -- so it almost sounds like something is overheating but i'm not sure. I'd appreciate any suggestions. |
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Orange, TX
Posts: 360
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![]() How many miles on the car? I'd try changing the fuel filter. Not sure of all the causes of vapor lock but sound like something to do with fuel system. I hear you need to change the fuel filter about every 20K miles for best results. Heard that again on a radio car fix it show last saturday.
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