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Dodge Caravan Shudders And Hesitates

Q. I have a 1994 Dodge Caravan 2.9 liter EFI V-6, P/S, P/B, A/C, cruise and A/T. About 4 weeks ago it started hesitating or shuddering when you were going up an incline at about half throttle. If you pushed the accelerator to the floor it would stop. I tried several different kinds of injector cleaners all to little or no avail. Last week I put it in the shop and had the injectors cleaned and a new O2 sensor installed. When I got it back it seemed the hesitation/shuddering worsened. I was wondering if you may have some suggestions of what to try next. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Wayne

A. It has all the symptoms of a clogged fuel filter. Before I do anything else I would put a new fuel filter in and see what happens. if it's still doing the same thing, we can go from there.

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