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80 Trans Am stalling

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Hi, my 80 Trans Am with the 301 turbo engine sometimes cuts out and bucks and stalls when slowing down. When it does it the tach bounces from 0 to whatever the rpms should be at the time. I hear the distributors are sometimes to blame for this????? Any info would be great. Thanks, Jason
 
Sounds like the engine is trying to stall. If you downshift, how does it react?

Is the vapor canister purge valve stuck open? If it is allowing raw fuel in it could be causing an overrich condition.

I have 80 TTA... Mine has a 400 in now though...

JBTAMAN said:
Hi, my 80 Trans Am with the 301 turbo engine sometimes cuts out and bucks and stalls when slowing down. When it does it the tach bounces from 0 to whatever the rpms should be at the time. I hear the distributors are sometimes to blame for this????? Any info would be great. Thanks, Jason
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Hi, I will check that out. Thanks. And when I downshift it still acts about the same with the sputtering and stalling out. I was told to check the distributor for problems as well.
 
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