2000 Max Power Loss / Accel Problem
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2000 Max Power Loss / Accel Problem
Car is a 2000 SE with 104K miles.
This past weekend, I noticed that I am having a hard time accelerating to proper speed, taking a long time from 0-30 even when I WOT, almost feel like I'm running 4 cylinders. Then when going uphill, i noticed that the car will downshift and lose power.
Also, when I start the car, the exhaust is louder than usual.
The only thing that happened before this was one of the screw clamps on an pipe near the cat coverter rusted off, so the pipe is sort of loose and will bang against the bottom of the car when I hit a pothole or something.
I cleaned the MAF as well but didn't alleviate the problem.
What can be causing this sluggish performance?
This past weekend, I noticed that I am having a hard time accelerating to proper speed, taking a long time from 0-30 even when I WOT, almost feel like I'm running 4 cylinders. Then when going uphill, i noticed that the car will downshift and lose power.
Also, when I start the car, the exhaust is louder than usual.
The only thing that happened before this was one of the screw clamps on an pipe near the cat coverter rusted off, so the pipe is sort of loose and will bang against the bottom of the car when I hit a pothole or something.
I cleaned the MAF as well but didn't alleviate the problem.
What can be causing this sluggish performance?
Last edited by pyroz; 07-22-2010 at 08:58 AM.
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Originally Posted by pyroz
Car is a 2000 SE with 104K miles.
This past weekend, I noticed that I am having a hard time accelerating to proper speed, taking a long time from 0-30 even when I WOT, almost feel like I'm running a V4. Then when going uphill, i noticed that the car will downshift and lose power.
Also, when I start the car, the exhaust is louder than usual.
The only thing that happened before this was one of the screw clamps on an pipe near the cat coverter rusted off, so the pipe is sort of loose and will bang against the bottom of the car when I hit a pothole or something.
I cleaned the MAF as well but didn't alleviate the problem.
What can be causing this sluggish performance?
This past weekend, I noticed that I am having a hard time accelerating to proper speed, taking a long time from 0-30 even when I WOT, almost feel like I'm running a V4. Then when going uphill, i noticed that the car will downshift and lose power.
Also, when I start the car, the exhaust is louder than usual.
The only thing that happened before this was one of the screw clamps on an pipe near the cat coverter rusted off, so the pipe is sort of loose and will bang against the bottom of the car when I hit a pothole or something.
I cleaned the MAF as well but didn't alleviate the problem.
What can be causing this sluggish performance?
V4..
Exhaust louder than ususal.. hello, you probably have a significant exhaust leak, which will cause the car to be louder and lose power.
Any codes show up, SES light?
#3
but yea, i tried looking for the leak but i can't find the hole. I'll look again.
and no SES light yet, maybe a ghost code, i'll get a OBD2 reader and check it out this weekend.
#8
Don't think its the MAF either.
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