check the vacuum advance unit on the distributor and the springs inside that control the centrifugal weights, if so equipped.....sounds like your timing is not being retarded upon heavy load as it should be.....
My son's 1993 Mercury Tracer has a pretty bad trunk leak. He wants to use caulk to seal it, but I think there's gotta be a better way.
Is there?:)Read More
I own a 95 volkswagen jetta. Lately it hasn't started correctly. I changed the starter and ignition switch. The starter now engages again but the battery after sitting acouple of days must have went dead. So I jump start it down the hill in front of my house. I let it run awhile in the driveway to recharge the battery so I could test the starter again, when after 10 minutes the power started to fade then the car died. I called a friend to come over and jump start it and it didn,t work. The starter engaged but did not turn over the motor. Finally I rolled it down the hill again the next day and again it ran for 10 minutes and then slowly lost juice. What could it be alernator, battery, or voltage regulator, what?Read More