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mattatat13 Posted on Feb 06, 2014
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2001 chevy prizm jerks when in gear heavy smoke out of exghuast

Car will not drive in any gear. Jerks hard when press on gas HEAVY SMOKE COMING OUT OF exguast

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It will help Matt if you would have said what color the smoke is thats coming out the tailpipe. White heavy smoke will be antifreeze getting in the combustion chamber.Could be head gasket,cracked or warped head.Black smoke would be fuel system pumping gas in making it run rich,And not able to burn the fuel completly.

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SOURCE: 2000 malibu jerks when driving.

I would check the transmission fluid level. Sounds like the fluid level is low.I hope this helps

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  • Posted on Jan 06, 2009

SOURCE: 2001 Chevy Prizm: Sluggish acceleration, recently replaced Cat.

Well 1 way to tell if it is the cat un bold the exhaust at the manifold or try and remove the oxygen sensors in front of the cat if it runs fine then you know that the cat is pluged

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  • Posted on May 06, 2009

SOURCE: car is jerking and rpm is moving up and down

I would start with a tune up then. Is your check engine light on or flashing.

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  • Posted on May 28, 2009

SOURCE: car is hard to start, keeps stalling, white smoke coming out of tail pipe

It sounds to me like you have a head gasket leaking. See if you can get a gauge and check each cylinder. Are you using alot of anti freeze?

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  • Posted on Jul 04, 2009

SOURCE: transmission on my 2000 chevy k2500 4x4 pickup

your transmission has possibly been rebuilt with stronger springs put in. No worries. have been running mine for along while without any problems. Better this than slipping, but it is a bit annoying.

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