Hesitation

Asked by Michael Feb 25, 2019 at 08:44 AM about the 2000 Chevrolet Monte Carlo LS FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

This has started just recently, starting the car up
and it will run fine, but when I put it in drive and
give it Gass it starts to hesitate, some days it's
not that bad and some days it will  cut off an me
several times while I'm driving... It almost feels
like you are running out of gas..

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Sirkut_Interrupted answered 5 years ago

Thats bc in drive the engine is now under load and working against something.. ignition system faukts are really easy to find this way. Bad plugs, wires, weak ignition coils will work fine in park but it under load and thats when they fail

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Michael answered 5 years ago

Well I replaced the ignition Coil packs and I'm still having the same problem, it runs great when first starting up, but when it warms up the problem gets worse and the engine runs ruff and wants to shut off...

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GuruK68SJ answered 4 years ago

I'm having the same problem with my 98 monte 3.9 I've changed plugs,wires,coil packs,that plate under coil packs , I've changed fuel filter , still having the issue and no answers can anybody help me with this problem plz

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