> Listers,
>
> I was out driving my 78 TR7 last night and had driven about 5 miles when
all
> of a sudden the car started sputtering and acting like it was running out
of
> gas. I have 3/4 of tank so I know that lack of gas is not the issue. I
> pushed in the clutch and the car idled properly. I then was able to drive
the
> car normally for about 30 seconds and then the problem reappeared. This
> phenomenon occurred all the way home. The car starts and idles fine but
> doesn't want to run at speed. I let the car set a few minutes as I was
> trying to diagnose the problem and drove it again but the same thing
happened
> again, 5 miles down the road and symptoms of fuel starvation reappeared.
My
> first guess is a faulty fuel pump however, I would appreciate any other
> diagnosis that anyone on the list can provide.
>
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Richard
Richard,
I know it's stating the obvious, but it sure sounds like a clogged fuel
filter. I think fuel pumps tend to fail catastrophically, they either work
or they don't.
Bob
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