Puzzling - need help
04-01-2004, 01:46 PM
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Puzzling - need help
My 78 280z is a daily driver. I drove to school this morning and everything ran fine. On the way home was a different story. I got 2/3's of the way home and the car started to lose power, I looked at the battery gauge and it was reporting any loss, and everything else appeared normal. The car gets bursts of power, I can have the throttle down and nothing, then out of nowhere it will rev high and take off down the road, only to sputter seconds later. Also, I can hear a distinct sound coming from the engine now, almost like a sputtering. hard to describe the sound, I want to say that it sounds like no exhaust is making it out, but I had my brother feel and it comes out fine. I am limited on mechanical knowledge, please help me.
BTW I love my Z more than anything, I don't want it to die!!
BTW I love my Z more than anything, I don't want it to die!!
04-01-2004, 03:05 PM
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Location: boise, id
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are you over heating at all. i had a water pump go out on me once and it had similar effects. whatever it was doing was draining all my power. i had to shut everything down just to make it to the garage. no headlights at ten o'clock at night...it was scary 
04-01-2004, 08:28 PM
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Nope not overheating. Funny thing is I went out and started the car and it has stopped acting like it was, running strong again without dying. Maybe there was a clogged fuel injector? Any input would still be helpful just in case this problem comes up again. 
