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In article <2453@sdcc6.UUCP> ix394@sdcc6.UUCP (ix394) writes:
>In article <267@birtch.UUCP>, ken@birtch.UUCP (Ken B) writes:
>> I have a '79 Plymouth Champ, with a 1600cc engine.  I had recently
>> had the carburator rebuilt.  The car ran fine for about a month,
>> then start to hesitate while accelerating. I.E. in second gear, at about
>> 35 MPH (about 3,000 rpm) and press the accelerator to the floor.  The
>> car would act like it was about to die, then would accelerate. 
>> 	I tuned it up (replaced plugs, points, condenser, plug wires,
>> cap and rotor, and the coil {they said the coil was weak})  It still
>> hesitates like it did before.  (it hesitates in all 4 gears, but is
>> most notible in second).
>> 	Many Thanks,
>> 	Ken Brown

It sounds like a defective accelerator pump in the carburetor to me.
The pump squirts a little gasoline into the engine when you stomp on
the accelerator.  When this gets worn out, it no longer squirts and
the engine hesitates, especially at low rpm's.

Bill Landsborough

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