Protege5 Hesitation Issue

Kazoospec

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2002 Protege 5, 2012 Mazda 5, 1994 Miata M Edition
Just working my way through some issues with my son's Protege5. Recently, it was having issues with persistent part throttle hesitation, and threw codes indicating random misfire and lean burn. I replaced the plugs/coils/wires and got rid of the misfire code. I found a vacuum leak which got rid of the lean code. I also got rid of probably 90% of the hesitation issues. Here's the weird part, it now seems like the issue only appears when the gas tank is full or almost full. By the time it drops below 3/4 tank, the issue pretty much disappears . . . until I fill it up again.

I'm baffled. Any ideas?
 
See if you have a Canister Purge Control Valve. That may be the culprit.
 
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