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Chevrolet S-10 Blowing Warm Air Q. Hi! Been having problems with my 1988 Pontiac 6000 SE, 2.8 litre V-6 FWD, automatic transmission with overdrive, for quite some time, maybe six months. In the winter had some stalling problems, and one day it died and wouldn't restart. Had some repairs done and it ran quite good for a few months and then started having problems again.

The problem is that when driving it will suddenly respond to accelerating by acting as if it's not getting gas.

That's sort of how it feels through my foot so I have to accelerate more to keep it going and the car lurches forward physically, a jerking motion. Sort of like, getting gas - not getting gas - getting gas - not getting gas - getting gas etc.

It may do this every day or just part of a day or not at all for a day or two. Accelerating to higher speeds often improves it some but it doesn't always dissapear completely. Had it looked at by some mechanics. One said maybe engine bearing problems, and the second had no idea and the third said I needed a new engine.

I'm not too confident about what they said and a new engine is pretty expensive. Can you help? Someone said maybe I should change my PVC Valve and Air Breather? Thought about it but don't know where they're located.

Peter

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