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Arghhh.... starting to get annoyed now!
Was driving into work on Friday when my car went from running normal to lacking power. No warning lights, temp good, oil good. No funny noises from the engine. Pulled over to the side of the road to see if it was something obvious and the car died as soon as I pulled over. Managed to restart it but it ran very rough at idle and took forever to get up to speed. Almost sounds like it has a miss / delayed timing on all four cylinders. The engine almost sounds like a WRX at idle and while revving. The funny thing is it is able to rev and sounds almost normal at high revs, but idle and low end have something strange going on.
So... here is what I have checked so far. Noticed I had a weak spark (Orange) and thought maybe my coil was going bad. Put a new one in, runs better, but not the main issue. At least with the new coil I am able to hit over 110 km/h vs 80 km/h before. Still lacks any real power.
Checked the rotor and cap and it looks normal. Going to change it out with a known good set to see if it changes anything. Maybe will try the distributor as well. Tried advancing and retarding the timing but it didn't seem to make any difference. Checked the timing belt as well and everything appears to be properly lined up?
Also going to try changing out the VAF and see if it makes any difference.
Checked all the vacuum hoses and didn't find anything loose or cracked.
Other thing I have noticed is the exhaust is getting hot quick and it appears to be burning more fuel.
No codes at all.
Would love to hear any ideas for anything else to check. Really starting to loose my mind on this!!!
Thanks for any help.
Was driving into work on Friday when my car went from running normal to lacking power. No warning lights, temp good, oil good. No funny noises from the engine. Pulled over to the side of the road to see if it was something obvious and the car died as soon as I pulled over. Managed to restart it but it ran very rough at idle and took forever to get up to speed. Almost sounds like it has a miss / delayed timing on all four cylinders. The engine almost sounds like a WRX at idle and while revving. The funny thing is it is able to rev and sounds almost normal at high revs, but idle and low end have something strange going on.
So... here is what I have checked so far. Noticed I had a weak spark (Orange) and thought maybe my coil was going bad. Put a new one in, runs better, but not the main issue. At least with the new coil I am able to hit over 110 km/h vs 80 km/h before. Still lacks any real power.
Checked the rotor and cap and it looks normal. Going to change it out with a known good set to see if it changes anything. Maybe will try the distributor as well. Tried advancing and retarding the timing but it didn't seem to make any difference. Checked the timing belt as well and everything appears to be properly lined up?
Also going to try changing out the VAF and see if it makes any difference.
Checked all the vacuum hoses and didn't find anything loose or cracked.
Other thing I have noticed is the exhaust is getting hot quick and it appears to be burning more fuel.
No codes at all.
Would love to hear any ideas for anything else to check. Really starting to loose my mind on this!!!
Thanks for any help.
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