New Guy with New Family Truckster
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New Guy with New Family Truckster
Hello There... new here to the Buick Forum... noticed there wasn't an area with us guys with Roadmasters! What gives?! Just last week I picked up a 1994 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon with 155K miles... Light Mist Blue with "Woodgrain" and blue leather interior. She floats like a dream and handles like a Corvette... however... just after I bought the car I noticed a slight hiccup in the acceleration. The guy I bought it from said he added Seafoam and it cleared the hiccups right up. So I did that as well as an injector cleaner. It didn't get any better, infact, it went from hiccups to a full on convulsion!!! Over the weekend I changed the trans fulid, filter and gasket.. thought it might be the that the trans fluid was low.... no dice. Yesterday, I added HEET to about 3/4 of a tank... that seemed to help a little bit, but it's still hesitating when accelerating, but when I jump on it and get it over 70 it runs like a champ... so I'm not sure what to make of it. It's got the 5.7L V8 and Im getting about 13mpg... / not really happy about it. Any help, suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Mark
Mark
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Welcome! You have a great car there..I love those roadmasters
Your little "hiccup" could be a fuel filter that is becoming plugged, or a failing fuel pressure regulator. The filter is only a few dollars, and a fairly simple fix, so I would try that first
Your little "hiccup" could be a fuel filter that is becoming plugged, or a failing fuel pressure regulator. The filter is only a few dollars, and a fairly simple fix, so I would try that first
#3
So how 'bout a special section for us Roadmasters?!?!
#5
There are no active mods on the forum as far as I know.. I've been trying to get in touch with them to no avail. Hopefully something can be arranged eventually.
#6
Had my mechanic drive it yesterday and he says the "hiccup" is actually a missfire and thinks it might be a bad plug or wire or both. Hope to have this resolved by the weekend.
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