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Originally Posted by LockDoc
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Have you replaced the gas cap lately by any chance?
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no. the cap may be original for all I know.
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Originally Posted by LockDoc
If it runs for a while before becoming sluggish it could be creating a vacuum in the tank. I know someone earlier mentioned taking the cap off to see what happens but not sure if that was tried.
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It has not been tried yet. Removing the cap after a stall doesn't seem to help with the hard restart issue and I certainly don't feel or hear any vacuum when removing the cap. I'd be shocked if the cap on it now is air or gas tight.