Engine sputtering

2000 TOYOTA CAMRY
160,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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WEATHERSTEVE1
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2000 camry while driving the engine starts to sputter loosing power. I push accelerator down hard and then the engine will start to pick up slowly then all of a sudden take off. Sometimes it will hardly go at all!
Nov 16, 2010 at 4:56 PM
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BMRFIXIT
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Check if for tune up
very common to be coil or ignition wires
Nov 16, 2010 at 5:03 PM
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WEATHERSTEVE1
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It doesen't do it all the time. It has seemed to get worse this week!
Nov 16, 2010 at 5:54 PM
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BMRFIXIT
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We had one drove us crazy drive great for a day or a week and here we go maybe 10 min or a day running bad

bad new ignition wire was the problem
Nov 16, 2010 at 6:24 PM
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