Car Sputters When Accelerating
1990civic
03-13-2003, 09:27 AM
i have a 91 ford escort (GT) 5 Speed, And when i go to accelerate from about 1 mph to 20 mph the car sputters real bad, fells like the car is running out of gas!! any suggestions? im thinking some kind of sensor, but i dont know. also past about 20 mph the car runs fine!!
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450HPviper
03-13-2003, 10:12 AM
Manual or Auto??????
1990civic
03-13-2003, 12:07 PM
5 speed!!!! manual!!
nrpbruin2006
04-30-2003, 03:00 PM
have you tryed yto replace the spark plug and um wires cuz i change them on my 93 auto and it stop i wwould take the cheaper first
mdchilders
03-17-2007, 07:43 PM
I also was looking to buy a 91 escort gt with 230 thousand miles on it and it was doing the exact same thing. The car would jerk so bad, it was almost like a first time clutch learner. lady said she would have it checked out. I'll let ya know as soon as i find anything out.
1990civic
03-19-2007, 02:09 PM
i found out the car had a hairline crack in the air intake hose. i ducktaped the hose and she ran fine.
Many Crows
03-29-2007, 10:20 AM
I have the same car, a few years ago I had a similar problem, it was the coolant hose. I had it to a mechanic, not my regular guy, and he was going to try this, try that, and cost me big bucks. I got it back to my regular guy and he fixed it for not quite so many bucks.
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