 I'm losing serious HP. |
 Jun 18, 2008 - 7:28 PM
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About 3 weeks ago my car started idling funny. The needle always shows around 900 but when I got it inspected, the dyno said it was jumping down to 700 and back. Also, when I take off from a dead start in first gear, it is almost like I have the AC on, it takes a while to start moving. If I have the AC on, it took me almost 3 seconds to get any HP at all.
Also, when accelerating, the car is much more sluggish than before. After I get to around 3000 RPM's in 2nd or 3rd gear, its like the HP jumps back in but then sputters randomly. I don't know what to do and I don't have much money! -------------------- |
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Jun 19, 2008 - 6:04 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 8, '07 From Houston, Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
I now have slower acceleration than a minivan. For two months it has idled roughly. The engine shakes sometimes if I go from a dead stop and don't give it enough gas but I thought that was normal.
My MPG dropped. Normally I have 250 miles at the point it shows on my fuel gauge but now I have only 210 and I'm at the same spot. Also, when I idled, I listened to the exhaust and whenever it drops it starts sounding like a harley or somethin Blubblubblub -------------------- |
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cHinaman727 I'm losing serious HP. Jun 18, 2008 - 7:28 PM
Bitter sounds like a bad misfire or dead cylinder. Jun 18, 2008 - 9:19 PM purplegt4 yea check the spark plugs.
is a check engine ligh... Jun 18, 2008 - 10:03 PM cHinaman727 The CE light is not showing.
What would I check o... Jun 19, 2008 - 10:35 AM supra12big its missing probally, check ur plugs, wires, cap a... Jun 19, 2008 - 2:20 PM Remy QUOTE (cHinaman727 @ Jun 19, 2008 - 10... Jun 19, 2008 - 2:22 PM cHinaman727 Well I have a really new master and slave cylinder... Jun 19, 2008 - 5:07 PM Havok1997GT You might also want to check if your getting good ... Jun 19, 2008 - 5:58 PM Havok1997GT Dead cylinder would cause the MPG to drop a lot mo... Jun 19, 2008 - 6:13 PM cHinaman727 Lemme drive to Austin with half the HP and gas mil... Jun 19, 2008 - 10:17 PM stephen_lee replace plugs. just start there, its always a good... Jun 19, 2008 - 10:55 PM cHinaman727 Takin it into the shop tomorrow, needs a tuneup an... Jun 24, 2008 - 9:03 PM zero07 Cool, fix it and come to Austin on the 12th! Jun 25, 2008 - 6:19 PM cHinaman727 Haha well I got it fixed. It idles great and I don... Jun 26, 2008 - 8:29 AM 95CelicaST ........... and the problem was.....? Jun 26, 2008 - 10:17 AM
cHinaman727 QUOTE (95CelicaST @ Jun 26, 2008 - 3... Jun 26, 2008 - 10:28 AM DEATH Did you go ahead and do the tuneup at the same tim... Jun 26, 2008 - 4:27 PM cHinaman727 QUOTE (DEATH @ Jun 26, 2008 - 10:27 ... Jun 26, 2008 - 6:15 PM Havok1997GT QUOTE (DEATH @ Jun 26, 2008 - 4:27 P... Jun 26, 2008 - 9:28 PM DEATH No prob. I only want NGK stuff on there anyway so ... Jun 26, 2008 - 6:17 PM DEATH Actually my girl is in case my mom decides she doe... Jun 27, 2008 - 6:04 AM |
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