How long has it been since it had a tune-up? You can't always go by miles in a car that is not driven frequently. My guess is it needs spark plugs and ignition wires and probably clean the injectors and replace the injector seals. It could also be a problem in the vacuum advance circuit like a leaking vacuum hose. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dcsj4465" <dcsj@xxxx> wrote: > I have a friend who is having problems with drivability when the > engine is cold. Now it seems to be getting worse. The problem seems > to persist with cold ambient temps. When ever the eng is cold he has > to let it warm up a couple minutes otherwise it will buck and jerk > pretty bad. It usually clears up in a mile or two. Recently he had to > drive nearly 10 miles before it cleared up. That day the morning temp > was in the 20's.(DULUTH,MN) The last time I talked with him he had