ItAintRodKnock
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I started this thread while on vacation in geargia!
I had a problem with my car jerking while driving/cruising down the road.
It appeared only to happen when I crested hills(under load trying to hold speed, going up the hill would seem fine, but at the peak the car would jerk you forward.
My friend explained it as "it almost feels like the car loses fuel, shuts off, and then cranks back up."
it made sense, but the rpms would not budge, and speed was not effected.
After short diagnosis, and 2pages of replies I changed my fuel filter.
Read my posts, the filter had been in the car since I bought(oct2008)
on the drive back to Florida, from Georgia, these "jerks" went from about 30 jerks in 3 hours,
to 2 jerks in the same time frame(30 jerks from fl to ga::replaced filter::2 jerks from ga to fl)
since this trip it has only happened a couple of times, twice coming back from georgia, and twice since then.
The most recent jerk was on the way to the beach, 5th gear at 45ishMPH.
I began thinking it was just the new filter letting in air for the first couple of jerks, now it has been TWO MONTHS and I still have this issue.
Can anyone help??
I have ideas as to why it's doing what it's doing, but don't want to get more confusion in my thread. Thanks for your time reading all this.
::: I EDITED THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL POST :::
I started this thread while on vacation in geargia!
I had a problem with my car jerking while driving/cruising down the road.
It appeared only to happen when I crested hills(under load trying to hold speed, going up the hill would seem fine, but at the peak the car would jerk you forward.
My friend explained it as "it almost feels like the car loses fuel, shuts off, and then cranks back up."
it made sense, but the rpms would not budge, and speed was not effected.
After short diagnosis, and 2pages of replies I changed my fuel filter.
Read my posts, the filter had been in the car since I bought(oct2008)
on the drive back to Florida, from Georgia, these "jerks" went from about 30 jerks in 3 hours,
to 2 jerks in the same time frame(30 jerks from fl to ga::replaced filter::2 jerks from ga to fl)
since this trip it has only happened a couple of times, twice coming back from georgia, and twice since then.
The most recent jerk was on the way to the beach, 5th gear at 45ishMPH.
I began thinking it was just the new filter letting in air for the first couple of jerks, now it has been TWO MONTHS and I still have this issue.
Can anyone help??
I have ideas as to why it's doing what it's doing, but don't want to get more confusion in my thread. Thanks for your time reading all this.
::: I EDITED THE ENTIRE ORIGINAL POST :::
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