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Re: [GMCnet] The pause that makes you heart skip [message #70715 is a reply to message #70707] Wed, 13 January 2010 08:35 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Mike Kilroy is currently offline  Mike Kilroy   United States
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If nothing else shows up, is this a 455 engine? I fought similar issue
for a couple years before finding the issue was a cracked intake
manifold. Hesitation only happened after engine warmed up good so the
crack expanded. hope this is not your issue.

On 1/13/2010 8:51 AM, Matt Colie wrote:
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> jtblank wrote on Tue, 12 January 2010 02:49
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>> Just in the last couple of days I have experienced the "pause that makes your heart skip". Under mild acceleration only occasionally the engine pauses for just a fraction of second and you think out of gas? bad coil? I've only noticed it under easy acceleration and while turning, no evidence while hard acceleration like freeway on ramp. I checked the distributor wire from battery and is hard as a rock and insulation was cracked in one spot so I wrapped with electrical tape but.... today it did it again pulling away from curb, just a quick fractional second lack of power like someone turned off key and back on as fast as you can.............................
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