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Flemming · 10-18-2006, 05:20 PM

First I'd like to say hello to everyone, Im Very glad I've found this site. The people here seem to enjoy their Oldsmobiles just as much as I do so its always nice to see others who think similar to you.

Although I do enjoy my 86 Cutlass Supreme, its been giving some real bad kicks over the last few months, and I've never been able to find anyone who may know what the problem would be. Ill explain some situations that may accure while driving the car. The "bucking" ( Ill call it bucking, but it almost feels like when you drive thru big puddles on the road and it slows your car down in very short quick spurts, Not a great decrease in speed, but just enough to notice some jerking around ). I may notice this bucking while either driving up steep hills and most often while Im accelerating on a strait road. Most times it happens around the 70-80 Kmph zone and the 115-120 kmph zone.

I know the 307 In the car shouldnt put out that much power, but I do believe it shouldnt buck at those speeds. It is a carburated engine and it has around 240km's on it.

The car has never been winter driven and my framerails ( luckly ) werent bitten by the rust bug wich so many other oldsmobiles had been in that year. I plan to do a total engine repair/rebuild this winter as a will have my own garage to work on it this year, hopfully I will be able to get further info on the car as the months go by.

Another cool tidbit I learned about my car the last month or so is that it was in the Alberta Expo event, used as a rental car or something along those lines. GM sold the cars for the event then after the event was over GM bought the cars back for a lesser ammount of money. The result? a small GM expo sticker in my rear driverside window.

Just thought that was some cool info I wanted to share on here for the first time.

Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to provide enough information for anyone to possibly diagnose the problem. I would be VERY greatfull if someone could give me a nudge in the right direction as to what may be the problem with this car.

10-18-2006, 05:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
Flemming Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Halifax. Nova Scotia. Canada Posts: 26	Acceleration Issues. First I'd like to say hello to everyone, Im Very glad I've found this site. The people here seem to enjoy their Oldsmobiles just as much as I do so its always nice to see others who think similar to you. Although I do enjoy my 86 Cutlass Supreme, its been giving some real bad kicks over the last few months, and I've never been able to find anyone who may know what the problem would be. Ill explain some situations that may accure while driving the car. The "bucking" ( Ill call it bucking, but it almost feels like when you drive thru big puddles on the road and it slows your car down in very short quick spurts, Not a great decrease in speed, but just enough to notice some jerking around ). I may notice this bucking while either driving up steep hills and most often while Im accelerating on a strait road. Most times it happens around the 70-80 Kmph zone and the 115-120 kmph zone. I know the 307 In the car shouldnt put out that much power, but I do believe it shouldnt buck at those speeds. It is a carburated engine and it has around 240km's on it. The car has never been winter driven and my framerails ( luckly ) werent bitten by the rust bug wich so many other oldsmobiles had been in that year. I plan to do a total engine repair/rebuild this winter as a will have my own garage to work on it this year, hopfully I will be able to get further info on the car as the months go by. Another cool tidbit I learned about my car the last month or so is that it was in the Alberta Expo event, used as a rental car or something along those lines. GM sold the cars for the event then after the event was over GM bought the cars back for a lesser ammount of money. The result? a small GM expo sticker in my rear driverside window. Just thought that was some cool info I wanted to share on here for the first time. Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to provide enough information for anyone to possibly diagnose the problem. I would be VERY greatfull if someone could give me a nudge in the right direction as to what may be the problem with this car.