under no load, the motor would rev and show no miss at all. it was only when driving, it would lurch like a clutch being pressed and released real fast, the motor would not rev, the rpm gauge was constant and steady, anyway, yesterday when i left work, it was fine, same this morning. actually more pep than i've had in a while. she still goes pretty good for 300k miles. 0-60 in 15 seconds this morning and no smoke at all. the leak i had was the braided hose off the tank.
thanks for the responses

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rodney