 Car idles weird, plus power loss!! |
 Mar 7, 2008 - 11:14 PM
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My car has been acting up lately. Usually in the mornings when i start my car the idle is rough and my car sounds almost like subaru. That lumpy boxer exhaust tone. Usually it goes away when the car is warm but lately its stuck around a lot longer. I also experience quite a bit of power loss when the engine is like that. Then when it starts to warm up, the engine will idle normally but then it will have these brief drops in rpm...it shakes the whole car.
Any ideas of what this could be? Timing? Plugs? I tried fuel injector cleaner...worked for like a week then it went back to its old ways ***UPDATE*** Well i changed the ignition wires and everything is perfect! Thanks again for the advice. This post has been edited by Davesceli: Apr 1, 2008 - 1:34 AM |
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Mar 10, 2008 - 8:56 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 9, '06 From Ma Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Before you do your tuneup [still do it, but this will foul the plugs, so don't waste new plugs] run a can or two of Seafoam through the engine.
IMO don't waste it on the fuel tank or oil, run the whole thing through the intake. --------------------  |
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Davesceli Car idles weird, plus power loss!! Mar 7, 2008 - 11:14 PM
presure2 whens the last time you did a tune up?
IE:
plugs, ... Mar 8, 2008 - 8:58 AM Bitter clean the throttlebody and idle speed control moto... Mar 8, 2008 - 10:09 AM LewFX sounds like a bad plug wire but a full tune-up wou... Mar 8, 2008 - 12:22 PM
revski tune IT up Mar 8, 2008 - 2:49 PM Davesceli any idea what the cost of parts for a tune up woul... Mar 9, 2008 - 10:23 PM presure2 QUOTE(Davesceli @ Mar 9, 2008 - 11:2... Mar 10, 2008 - 11:32 AM Davesceli Sweet!! Thanks for the info everybody. Mar 10, 2008 - 7:33 PM frisp Plug leads, rotor arm, dizzy cap and clean the thr... Mar 9, 2008 - 10:26 PM D-Man QUOTE(frisp @ Mar 9, 2008 - 10:26 PM... Mar 10, 2008 - 8:50 PM Bitter dizzy=distributor
dizzy cap=distributor cap Mar 10, 2008 - 8:54 PM |
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