Whenever I fill up my gas tank, about 5 miles into the new tank, my car begins to buck and jerk around...it feels as if I were just pushing in the clutch over and over again...much like when someone is first learning to drive stick. In addition, when i stop and allow the car to idle, the rpms will drop and the car will stall. This only happens when I fill up the tank and after I put about 15-20 miles on the fresh tank, the bucking and the stalling stops and the car performs well.
One other interesting piece of information... there seems to be no pressure in the gas tank. When i remove the cap, I do not hear the pssssh sound of the air being released.
My mechanic is puzzled but believes the problem may be with the EGR valve. The car passed the California SMOG test just over two weeks ago. If the EGR valve was the problem would it still pass?
As always, any help would be appreciated!
2007-08-03
21:31:40
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jwpowell44
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