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Car hesitates on acceleration.

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Nov 14, 2006
werx, Utah
I was pretty low on gas this night but am not sure this was the reason. I was on flat roads and I did a first gear punch. After 4-5k it choked. I'll do another test with gas but what would be the cause?
 
Dude this may sound stupid, but my car did that and it was a sparkplug boot that goes to the distributer on cylinder #2. It comes loose a little bit once and a while. I just pushed it back on and my car ran fine. Hope that helps.
 
Ok everyone. Since you all threw those suggestions I should gave yall a heads up on my recent tune up.

New fuel filter
New spark plugs
Changed oil
Oil filter

My spark plug wires are old as hell though. I'm going to search for the spark plug wire setup because I think I got the order wrong. Boost leak test done and I have a leak at the TB coming out of the screw. Other than that I passed. I think I might my fuel pump may be going out. This happened before when going uphill, it would jerk. I had plenty of gas and I bought fresh plugs, wires, and fuel filter. But it still had the same symptoms. Air filter was just recently cleaned with K&N filter cleaner so that leads me toj believe the problem lies within the gas tank.
 
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