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Pontiac Power Problem Uphill !!
My 1987 Pontiac Safari with a 5.0 307 engine has had problems with
acceleration when going up a hill or mountain. The car has 114,000 miles on it and the exhaust/cat system has ben replaced along with the fuel filter. Keep in mind the car has a 4 bbl carb. Any suggestions are appreciated! Thanks! |
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Pontiac Power Problem Uphill !!
How about the fuel filter in the carb inlet fitting.
"charliestude" <classiccoal@nospam aol.com> wrote in message lkaboutautos.com... > My 1987 Pontiac Safari with a 5.0 307 engine has had problems with > acceleration when going up a hill or mountain. > > The car has 114,000 miles on it and the exhaust/cat system has ben > replaced along with the fuel filter. > > Keep in mind the car has a 4 bbl carb. > > Any suggestions are appreciated! > > Thanks! > > > ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Pontiac Power Problem Uphill !!
Check vacuum hose and connection on the back of the carb and the
hose connection from there to the bottom of the air filtre pan. If that's okay then check the hose to the map sensor, usually mounted on the firewall. Look for cracks in the hoses and remove the hose, carefully and see if it comes away easily or is connected firmly. Since you mentioned your exhaust was replaced, did they put smaller diametre pipe on rather than the large diameter that came from GM? I doubt that's the problem, but worth checking. You had the fuel filtre replaced, so was it installed correctly? Or did they say it was replaced and they didn't do it? I doubt that's the problem because a dirty fuel filtre usually causes stalling at idle. Those carbs need tightening to the manifold occasionally, but don't over tighten the bolts or you'll strip them. Get a lenth of hose and with the engine running, put one end of the hose to your ear and move the other end around the base of the carb to see if you can hear any hissing for vaccum leaks. Be careful for moving engine parts when you do it. My two cents anyway . . . charliestude wrote: > My 1987 Pontiac Safari with a 5.0 307 engine has had problems with > acceleration when going up a hill or mountain. > > The car has 114,000 miles on it and the exhaust/cat system has ben > replaced along with the fuel filter. > > Keep in mind the car has a 4 bbl carb. > > Any suggestions are appreciated! > > Thanks! |
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