- Jul 7, 2008
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new to your forums but I just got this car the other day. when I got the car it was spitting and sputtering... put about $20 worth of gas in it thinking it may be about to run out... nope still sputters... start checking stuff and notice the distributor cap easily lifts off the base that attaches to the distributor even with the clips holding it down. further inspection reveals a crack so I replace it. sputtering dissapears almost completely. my brother suggest dumping this stuff called "seafoam" into the tank... says it will clean the injectors etc. well another trip up the road means even more spitting and sputtering now. so I go top off the tank to try to dilute that crap in there. still does it. drive to work today and it's runnin like crap the entire time. idleing it stumbles and bucks and sometimes shuts off... get on the gas hard and take off and it spark knocks, and pings but takes off with power... let off of the gas and it starts stumbling again.... keep the rpms up and she sputters but drives at around 50 mph if you stay in 4th... go to 5th and let the rpms drop and the stumbling and sputtering starts back up... get to 70 and it smooths out somewhat... soo.... did I mess up the o2 sensor? will that being bad cause this? any help is appreciated.