!989 olds cutlass ciera 3.1 6 cyl

Asked by bingo22 Apr 19, 2014 at 09:10 PM about the 1989 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

after starting engine when accelerating the engine sputters and backfires, after pumping accelerator several times car takes off real fast then runs ok until I stop then goes through same thing again.

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run it out of gas then put in fresh gas and some injector cleaner if that does not help you might need new injectors or possible a fuel pump also when did you last change the fuel filter

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