Hello all, this morning I got in my car to go to work. Everything was fine, car drove normally, still felt like it has for the past 5 years. I noticed my gas light is on so I went and got gas, $48.50 later I was back on my way to work. I put approx 12.3 gallons in so it was kinda low. It still continued to drive fine for the 20min drive to work.

So I went on lunch today and the car literally feels like it has half the horsepower/torque. I will note that I live in Louisville and we have gotten 3-4 days of rain. What is a good way to find out if the problem is the gas I got? If the gas station had water in the tanks is there a solution I can put in there to make it get rid of the excess water? I got fuel treatment from Lucas but don't want to put it in if I should do something else first.

The car feels a bit sluggish when accelerating, the RPM's seem to be higher than normal when at speed also. The good news is, I have 100k mile bumper to bumper. Just freaked me out.

No CEL's or any other lights telling me there is a problem being reported

 

What are your mods?

 

Nothing, just wheels/tint/audio. No CAI to suck up water...I will check to see if my filter in the stock airbox got wet somehow when I get home.

 

have you done a tune up at all to the car? how many miles on the car?

 

Maybe the battery ? Or clutch? Or need to get your throttle body cleaned....... If you find what the problem is let us know just in case . Good luck

 

get rid of that gasoline, there is a good chance that the tanks have water it happens alot. also clean the maf sensor(wich is in the intake)

 

Sounds like the VVTI on the intake cam gear failed. When you accelerate hard is the air intake louder than normal? Toyota never recalled this part but there is a service bulitin and a new part and part number. Hope this helps.

-Jeremy

 

^ i think he is correct

 

I know you were just guessing, but the battery will not cause anything to lose torque or hp. Battery is used only for starting a vehicle, power to accessories when the engine is off, and most importantly as a voltage regulator to the car when it is running. A clutch problem would also mean the transmission is not engaging and is a huge difference then losing power.