Colorado
Active Member
Hello from N. Colorado! 66 Dart 270 Slant Six, 3sp a/t. Car was running great then I noticed on the way to work that when I'm hitting the gas, it moves but it "putters" along with a jerky hesitation in acceleration. Almost like it's not getting any fuel. The only time I feel the car running normal is when I have a wide open throttle. Here are some more specifics:
-Car does not idle nice anymore, when I come to a stop for stop sign or red light is usually stalls right when I've almost completely stopped the car. Also stalls when I get up to crusin' speed sometime when I let off the gas for more than 10 seconds
-Used to be able to put in drive with no gas, let my foot off brake and I would just cruise/idle at abt 5-10mph forever. Now when I put it in drive and dont hit gas it goes for maybe 10 yards before car shakes and stalls out (unless I jam foot on gas)
-There have been instances when in drive and I hit gas and engine almost stalls but then all of a sudden jumps forward. Car will accelerate forward, but has trouble doing so in consistent manner even with a heavy foot.
-Car is fine in Park, N, R... But in D, 1, or 2 it does the stalling.
-No problem starting car, runs through 3 gears fine as long as I'm giving it gas.
Could this be fuel pump? Carb? Idle needs adjusting? I can answer any questions about the specificity of problem.
I apologize, this maybe a really easy question to answer but I'm new to working on cars, specifically cars not fuel injected, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
-Car does not idle nice anymore, when I come to a stop for stop sign or red light is usually stalls right when I've almost completely stopped the car. Also stalls when I get up to crusin' speed sometime when I let off the gas for more than 10 seconds
-Used to be able to put in drive with no gas, let my foot off brake and I would just cruise/idle at abt 5-10mph forever. Now when I put it in drive and dont hit gas it goes for maybe 10 yards before car shakes and stalls out (unless I jam foot on gas)
-There have been instances when in drive and I hit gas and engine almost stalls but then all of a sudden jumps forward. Car will accelerate forward, but has trouble doing so in consistent manner even with a heavy foot.
-Car is fine in Park, N, R... But in D, 1, or 2 it does the stalling.
-No problem starting car, runs through 3 gears fine as long as I'm giving it gas.
Could this be fuel pump? Carb? Idle needs adjusting? I can answer any questions about the specificity of problem.
I apologize, this maybe a really easy question to answer but I'm new to working on cars, specifically cars not fuel injected, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!