this seems bad

Jim Green jeg1976 at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 10 10:44:21 EST 2003


--- "Livolsi, Stephane"
<Stephane.Livolsi at investorsgroup.com> wrote:
> Last night I went for a country drive to
> 'experience' the new headlights and
> did a WOT run. Well, something went.  Right after
> coming off WOT, and ever
> since, the car stumbles like it is running on 4 cyl.
>  It idles right around
> 850-900 rpm and steady, but not smooth.  When
> sitting in neutral, I can
> bring it up from idle and it sounds very rough and
> missing up until about
> 4000 rpm then smooths right out.
> On the road, I have absolutely no power at all in
> 2nd gear at 2000 rpm.

My first guess it your timing belt has jumped a few
teeth, I'd check that right away. and try not to rev
the engine till you confirm it's OK.  Next I would
look at fuel injectors.  I've had the timing belt slip
on me before, and it does exactly what you describe.

HTH




=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq 034EFI, Haltech IG5
http://www.geocities.com/jeg1976/car_home.html

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