'87 4kq running poorly

[Kneale Brownson]

Bad gas?

On 1/18/2012 7:53 PM, Andrew Buc wrote:
> I should say first off that I'm almost certainly going to take the car 
> into the shop in the next day or two rather than try to fix it myself. 
> But given my commute, being without the car will be very inconvenient, 
> and I'd like to get an idea of how much downtime and expense I'm 
> likely to be in for.
>
> This all began this morning on the commute. Sometimes the car would 
> lose speed for a few seconds, then abruptly speed back up. It got 
> worse on the afternoon commute. I drove around a bit after getting 
> home, and the problem has leveled off, but at a very inconvenient 
> level. Other symptoms:
>
> The car starts fine and idles fine very briefly, then the idle becomes 
> slow and rough, but it does keep running. It doesn't run very well on 
> light throttle--I have to really mash it to get going from a 
> standstill. Under way, I often find myself using a lower gear and more 
> revs than I normally would. The temporary slowdowns followed by abrupt 
> speedups have continued.
>
> Any insights? Thank you.
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