1990 200 idles fine, but has no power and stutters over 3000rpm

Kent McLean kentmclean at comcast.net
Tue Apr 6 13:38:31 PDT 2010


David Yentema wrote:
> as the subject states, does anyone have whats going on?

First thing to do it "pull the codes". Being a 200, you don't need an
OBD-II reader. You can do it with a paper clip.

<http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/trouble_shooting/10vtecu.htm>

 From there, it could be anything. My "most likely" guess: a vacuum leak
in the Michelin Man hose. But it could be a clogged cat or a bunch of
other things.  Start with the codes.

-- 
Kent McLean
1990 V8 w/5-speed and other mods
1991 200 TQA #3, with mods
1999 A4 Avant, V6 Tiptronic
gone: '91 200 TQA x2, '94 100 S Avant, '89 200 TQ "Bad Puppy"



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