ok so i know winter is bearing down on us and if your max is anything like mine, it hates the winter! i have yet to take my rims off so she sux in the snow, also i have notice the car seems very sluggish???? not sure why? i know i have aleak in the exhaust comming from inside the engine.. its comming from the back of the manifold like closest to the windhield...that i think is my biggest problem concerning lose of power.. also my tranny seems to be sticking a little???? so i was thinking of flushing the tranny but i heard from a few people that with tranny's that have over 100k mile on them that it isnt good to flush??? so i bought a bottle of the lucas tranny fluid and am goin to add that.

 

unno mine runs better in the winter providing that i can get the tires to stick!!! When i punch it, it has alot more pep in the winter. I think u need a tune up , i know alot of other guys who feel the same about winter and there max's if u have it tuned properly and its not in the 300,000 range then u should see an increase in power in the winter more dencer air = more power!!

 

ive got a significant increase in power when its cold the car runnes much better. it sound like your trany and the exhaust maniphold studs are causing all your problems. very common

 

The car should have more power in the cold
I would start going throught the car to look for problems. Probably something electrical

 

ok so i noticed that the power decrease is not that signifigant. i used the lucas tranny saver and that has worked well since i put it in..another concern i failed to mention is my front suspension!!,my ride is horrible when i go over bumps it hits hard and at high speeds the car feels like its on water just floating down the highway???? also when i stop the wheels just move freely? could this be the control arms? or are my struts shot?

 

does your tranny get better after the car has been driven for a while? your tranny temp sensor might be going.

 

it also sound like you need new struts bad that will cure your flowtyness

could also be control arm bushings but thats ussually just steering related