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Old Aug 17, 2008 | 08:58 PM
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My 92 max se will run fine but once in a while it will lose power and start jurking check engine light goes on then it might last a few seconds or sometimes like a min and then it runs fine check engine light goes off its was happening like once a week but now its becoming more common sounds like my cat is clogged it sounds like the sputtering is coming for it any help???
Old Aug 17, 2008 | 09:00 PM
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pull out the codes from ECU first....

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Old Sep 10, 2008 | 07:05 PM
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You might want to check the plugs, dist cap, and button. Sounds like one of these could be bad and these would cause that problem. Also, you might have gotten a bad tank of gas. Add some ISOHeat to the tank and see if that helps.
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