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Old 11-17-2017, 10:29 AM   #1
Lord Umoja
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Hesitation/Stutter Low RPM/Med Load

So it has been a LONG while since I was last here but I am coming to you guys for some assistance. I have recently started driving the car again after it was parked all summer (someone rear ended me, parked the car after new paint)

Anyway, my new work commute is all back road driving. The engine is acting odd though. At about 45pmh in 5th gear, if I tip into the throttle like say encountering a hill, the power begins to stutter. It feels almost as if the engine is losing power, or the bucking if you are too fast off the clutch w/o enough throttle. This only happens at low rpm medium to high load situations. As soon as the engine is above 2K she runs beautifully.

The car has 139,XXX miles on it. I am planning on seafoaming the motor for the first time this weekend and changing the plugs (which are LONG overdue). I also noticed when pulling the oils last night that the boot for the second plug from the front on the driver's side had some brownish powdery residue on it. About the same color as a well used spark plug.

Any thoughts on the cause of the issue would be super helpful. I've been in the mindset of dealing with an old Nissan for the past few months so I very well could be missing something.
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