misfiring, unwilling to rev and total lack of power
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:05 pm
Hi all,
Wanted to share my recent problem on my "old faithful" just in case it happens to your car.
I was driving down paramatta road 2 weeks ago when out of the blue, i started to hear massive misfiring and i started to lose my revs and power. the weirdest part is that the more i applied the throttle, the worst it became. eventually, i was going at a max speed of 20km/h and was starting to cause a traffic jam so i pulled over at a gas station and turn my engine off.
just before i turned it off, i had a quick check on the engine. no overheating (despite a 40 degree temp that day) no steam coming out, nothing at all to indicate any trouble. my exhaust was ok. so after resting for 10mins, i turned it on and everything was fine... i decided to drive it to my mechanic. after 10 more mins of driving... the same thing happened. it din matter which gear i was in, i could only gently throttle it.
several days at the mechanic later... he said "its probably your spark plugs and leads that are failing" he doesnt know why its happening, maybe because my car's a 95 model and these have not been changed since new??? i dunno... ever since then, "old faithful" has been a wonder to drive, the revs build smoothly, there is slightly more power and there isnt any more misfiring... one thing i done quite understand is this, why does my clutch feel so weird? i can apply less throttle and when the clutch is more engaged, the tyres spin a little. maybe the engine is more responsive...
sorry about the long winded post. i'm not too good with explaining this. at least my "old faithful" is driving beautifully now.
Wanted to share my recent problem on my "old faithful" just in case it happens to your car.
I was driving down paramatta road 2 weeks ago when out of the blue, i started to hear massive misfiring and i started to lose my revs and power. the weirdest part is that the more i applied the throttle, the worst it became. eventually, i was going at a max speed of 20km/h and was starting to cause a traffic jam so i pulled over at a gas station and turn my engine off.
just before i turned it off, i had a quick check on the engine. no overheating (despite a 40 degree temp that day) no steam coming out, nothing at all to indicate any trouble. my exhaust was ok. so after resting for 10mins, i turned it on and everything was fine... i decided to drive it to my mechanic. after 10 more mins of driving... the same thing happened. it din matter which gear i was in, i could only gently throttle it.
several days at the mechanic later... he said "its probably your spark plugs and leads that are failing" he doesnt know why its happening, maybe because my car's a 95 model and these have not been changed since new??? i dunno... ever since then, "old faithful" has been a wonder to drive, the revs build smoothly, there is slightly more power and there isnt any more misfiring... one thing i done quite understand is this, why does my clutch feel so weird? i can apply less throttle and when the clutch is more engaged, the tyres spin a little. maybe the engine is more responsive...
sorry about the long winded post. i'm not too good with explaining this. at least my "old faithful" is driving beautifully now.
