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tkrolo · 07-27-2001, 01:49 PM

Had my car about a year; after purchase it acted like it had a miss on the back side of hills. It has progressively become worse and is now noticeable in acceleration (or lack there of) and an occasional miss while the cruise is on.
I had the car checked out on diagnostic cpu, but they had no answers. Seems to be more obvious when temperatures are high. Somebody please help. I plan to upgrade my ignition, air intake and fuel pump soon, but would like to fix whichever is the source of the problem first.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. This site is AWESOME!!

I changed the fuel filter 3 times in the past year, and have added enough fuel injector cleaner for every member to this site.  The main components that I think would be suspect would be the fuel pump, regulator, or ignition; just hoping someone has had similar problems.

(Edited by tkrolo at 5:35 pm on July 27, 2001)

*drifterx* · 07-27-2001, 03:13 PM

fuel injection, fuel cleaner, oil change, intake filter, and a weak (tiring) engines is what i could think of....

07-27-2001, 04:18 PM

Also throw in a new fuel filter before you do any serious changes, its amazing how much difference a clogged fuel filter can make on an engines performance.

*drifterx* · 07-27-2001, 06:58 PM

300ZX filter
cheaper and u can say u ahve an upgrade
lol

matic 240sx · 07-28-2001, 03:45 AM

yea dude, you need a fuel filter, same thing happened on my friends galant and thats what he needed. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

Art · 07-28-2001, 11:07 AM

you can use a 300zx fuel filter on a 240<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>?

07-27-2001, 01:49 PM	#1
tkrolo Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 42 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Had my car about a year; after purchase it acted like it had a miss on the back side of hills. It has progressively become worse and is now noticeable in acceleration (or lack there of) and an occasional miss while the cruise is on. I had the car checked out on diagnostic cpu, but they had no answers. Seems to be more obvious when temperatures are high. Somebody please help. I plan to upgrade my ignition, air intake and fuel pump soon, but would like to fix whichever is the source of the problem first. Any help would be greatly appreciated. This site is AWESOME!! I changed the fuel filter 3 times in the past year, and have added enough fuel injector cleaner for every member to this site.  The main components that I think would be suspect would be the fuel pump, regulator, or ignition; just hoping someone has had similar problems. (Edited by tkrolo at 5:35 pm on July 27, 2001)

07-27-2001, 03:13 PM	#2
drifterx Premium Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: boston, ma Age: 43 Posts: 1,533 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	fuel injection, fuel cleaner, oil change, intake filter, and a weak (tiring) engines is what i could think of....

07-27-2001, 04:18 PM	#3
Guest Posts: n/a	Also throw in a new fuel filter before you do any serious changes, its amazing how much difference a clogged fuel filter can make on an engines performance.

07-27-2001, 06:58 PM	#4
drifterx Premium Member Join Date: May 2001 Location: boston, ma Age: 43 Posts: 1,533 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	300ZX filter cheaper and u can say u ahve an upgrade lol

07-28-2001, 03:45 AM	#5
matic 240sx Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: las vegas Age: 41 Posts: 798 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: matic 240sx Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yea dude, you need a fuel filter, same thing happened on my friends galant and thats what he needed. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>

07-28-2001, 11:07 AM	#6
Art Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 17 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	you can use a 300zx fuel filter on a 240<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>?