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1988 245 Bogging down with acceleration, poor gas mileage 200

posted by  labadida on  Thu Feb 24 11:54 CST 2005
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Hello everyone, I have a problem that I cannot figure out! My car idles okay and drives well to about 1/3 pedal, then it starts to bog down, but if you let off to that 1/3 pedal it will sound normal again and this continues if I try to go past that 1/3 pedal position. If I floor it it will down shift but then boggs down and has no power. If I am on flat ground, I will graduallly pick up speed and I had it as fast as 60mph but that is as fast as she would go. If I attempt to climb a steep hill, it will slow down to about 30mph then down shifts. I filled the tank, drove 33 miles and now the gas guage is reading between 7/8 and 3/4 tank. Any advice would be appreciated, I am about to replace the exhaust from the cat back right now as it is a total loss there but not sure if that lack of back pressure would cause this??! Thanks for any tips and hope this makes sense to someone!!!
Take Care,
Noel Smith
Morrow, Ohio
1988 245DL 139,000
1990 740 242,000






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