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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 05:09 PM
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This morning when I drove my car it seemed like it lost power. Like no torque at all. Normally second gear accelerates pretty quickly but it felt like i was in 5th trying to accelerate at 40mph
It was a bit colder this morning than it has been for the last couple of weeks, but even when the engine warmed up it still sucked lol
What could it be? Slipping clutch?
Old Mar 10, 2010 | 06:28 PM
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sounds like you need some injector cleaner, did you check your oil
Old Mar 10, 2010 | 06:57 PM
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Any CEL's? Possibly bad coil pack or bad primary o2 sensor?
Old Mar 10, 2010 | 07:03 PM
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Did an oil change about 500 miles ago, no CELs
I'll have to see if it's still acting up after school
Old Mar 10, 2010 | 11:51 PM
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Well after driving my car home it seemed to be back to normal, I don't know what's going on
Old Mar 20, 2010 | 10:51 AM
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When did these things have power to begin with???

More than likely some bad gas or an air bubble in an injector
Old Mar 21, 2010 | 12:07 AM
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MAF. just my guess.
Old Mar 21, 2010 | 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by SilentSide
MAF. just my guess.
that might be it considering i put on a CAI
Old Mar 21, 2010 | 12:35 AM
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well the cold does some crazy stuff to MAF sensors. If it does it again retrain the ecu and start letting your car heat up a lil longer if you don't do that already.

It just sounds way too much like fuel starvation and the first place to look for that would be the MAF and work your way back
Old Mar 23, 2010 | 06:31 AM
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how do i retrain the ecu? disconnect the battery then wait?
Old Mar 23, 2010 | 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by drivexB
how do i retrain the ecu? disconnect the battery then wait?
exactly. I just unplug the neg battery terminal and just leave it unplugged overnight. When I wake up I just start the car and wait 10-15 minutes, turn it off and you're free to turn it back on whenever. After that your ecu has reset itself. Really any mods you do to your car will need a reset.
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alright I'll do that
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