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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 06:21 AM
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89 3.0 lurch

This is driving me nuts. When I first take off from a stop in the last couple days, my van does this lurch where it speeds up then lets off, unless I give it more gas. I've also noticed a major increase in gas mileage. The CEL isn't on when it is happening, and there are times when it doesn't seem to do it. I'm in the middle of a tune-up to see if that will help and so far a new dist cap and rotor hasn't made any improvements.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 12:16 PM
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Sounds like you're low on Transmission fluid. We had a little Ply Reliant that did the same thing when it was low on fluid.

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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 09:15 PM
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I thought that might had been it, yet I checked and topped it off with no change. Last night it started doing it while idling also.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2004 | 11:26 PM
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Finish your tune-up and then pull the codes. Also, maybe take a look at the TPS, but pulling the codes would be the first thing I'd do.
 
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