1998 new beelte not running right

[baddassbug]

hi i have a 1998 2.0 5spd and some times when i am driving it will just hesitate and act like it is running on two cylenders, when it is idling and i rev it up it hesatates also have replaced all the sensors and have run injector cleaner i also changed the plugs and wires. any one had this problem, it now has 101,000 miles

[Oyveychris]

Fuel filter? Thats what it sounds like to me...Or your MAF sensor.

[Porkchop]

is there a CEL? In most cases, engine misfire, O2 sensor, or MAF will throw a code(s).

[baddassbug]

lol actually i never thought of the fuel filter its prob that cause i dont think it has ever been changed. but i replaced the maf and both o2 censors and plugs and wires

[Oyveychris]

Fuel filter should be $12 - $15 bucks and takes maybe 10 minutes to change. Good luck.

[speedie]

Also check your vac lines (diagram on the fan shroud)...especially the one to the FPR. Vac lines are the "hidden" probelms for bad ideling. Our lines inside diameter is 3.5 mm.

[baddassbug]

ok thanks guys! will have to check them where do i get the tool for teh fuel filter though?

[vdubbugman53]

did you check your plugs?

[baddassbug]

yeah i check them after it does it but they look fine

[vdubbugman53]

then id just replace the fuel filter

[baddassbug]

i got a fuel filter but got looking at the clamps and they are kinda weird looking has anyone else changed theirs and done it themselves? is there a tool or is it the same as say other brands?

[Blackbeetle]

Don't forget to check the vacuum line to the fuel pressure regulator

[Oyveychris]

You have to squeeze them (carefully) then they just pop off. Be careful, the lines are plastic and tend to get brittle. There is a "how-to" thread on the old forum. Good luck! Also pay attention to how the filter goes on, there is an arrow that indicates flow direction.

[baddassbug]

ok thanks will try that found my noise it was the heat sheild over the first muffler not the cat! they use those cheap right/nut things and they rusted out. the front two were still on there but the back two let go so the sheild was sittin on the exhaust makin the noise. so i just put two washers and nuts on them and took care of the problem. also i changed my right lower ball joint and ended up having to use a torch to get the nut off, however unfortunatly i hit the cv boot and burned a hole in it so made a 15 min job into a 2 day job!