No Power

Discussion in 'General Community' started by JAES, Feb 22, 2011.

  1. JAES

    JAES Member

    Car has no power. It was bogging down under full throttle. I check the turbo for play, and all seems fine. I replaced my plugs, and the did look to be a little dark. After I replaced them some power came back, but now I can barely get it to go back up my driveway. Please Help.
     
  2. integroid

    integroid Supporting Member

    Could be a number of things. Maybe a bad coil pack?
     
  3. 07Ltd#767

    07Ltd#767 The Neighborhood Drunk

    any issues with throttle at idle? Rev okay? all hoses connected?

    give us more to work with
     
  4. Raziel1

    Raziel1 Member

    Without giving more information its close to impossible to diagnose what's wrong with ur car. We can sit here and guess at it all day to no avail.

    What Mods if any do you have? What was the last mod and when?
    How many miles on the car?
    When did this start?
    When was your last oil change?
    How much oil is in the car?
    What kinda of gas is in the car?
    Have you checked your grounds?

    See..we need more info.
     
  5. JAES

    JAES Member

    Idle is real rough. Every thing was good, then this started after I had my oil changed. I only use premium gas, and the grounds look fine. This all started right before c-mas. All I have done to my car is intake and turbo back exhaust.
     
  6. gfred024

    gfred024 Member

    Possibly oil sump tube situation. I have had those same kind of problems and it was my oil sump tube and had to have basically a new engine put in...
     
  7. nsvwrx

    nsvwrx Active Member

    vacuum leak?
     
  8. wagunz_pwn

    wagunz_pwn Active Member

    Y-Pipe still connected?
     
  9. 07Ltd#767

    07Ltd#767 The Neighborhood Drunk

    MAF good?
     
  10. wagunz_pwn

    wagunz_pwn Active Member

    Car has gas?
     
  11. Cool_____

    Cool_____ Banned

    It's tore up.


    LOL but seriously. Check the basics. Spark, fuel, compression.

    Does it fire up and idle at ease?
     
  12. wagunz_pwn

    wagunz_pwn Active Member

    Damn...I would expect that from a doughboy or something.
     
    Last edited: Feb 22, 2011
  13. Cool_____

    Cool_____ Banned

    I totally missed that.


    Hmmmm bad coils usually idle ok from the few failed ones I've fixed on others cars. I say huge vac leak. Or even possibly a fuel pressure issue. Change fuel filter lately?
     
  14. Cool_____

    Cool_____ Banned

    On a 2.0L very unlikely.
     
  15. Jake

    Jake Active Member

    more likely compression/ringlands. do a compression/leakdown test
     
  16. integroid

    integroid Supporting Member

    Hey, I have an idea, take it to a mechanic that knows WTF he/she is doing.
     
  17. Cool_____

    Cool_____ Banned

    Yeah....this is a wild goose chase with the info we have.
     
  18. longfury

    longfury Active Member

    Don't we have a new site sponsor that can take care of this kind of thing?

    I would take it over to them(Allpro) and let them take a look at it.
     
  19. superdoughboy4

    superdoughboy4 Active Member

    Lol. I can't contribute to these threads because I don't know enough to say anything.
    So I read and try to learn.
     
  20. wagunz_pwn

    wagunz_pwn Active Member


    but, it's so much fun to keep guessing!
     
  21. Doug@DBW Motorsports

    Doug@DBW Motorsports Active Member

  22. JAES

    JAES Member

    Thanks to everyone! I will be bringing it to a shop.
     
  23. JAES

    JAES Member

    I've narrowed it down to no spark to the cylinder closest to the driver. I replaced the coil pack, but I'm still not getting spark. Plug just keeps getting fouled. It also is the only coil pack I can un-plug with the car running and there is no change in the idle. Any ideas???
     
  24. Jake

    Jake Active Member

    is the coil pack you replaced it with good? (i usually just rotate them around the cylinders). otherwise, could be a short in the line to the coil pack (rubbing, or melting somewhere?)
     
  25. JAES

    JAES Member

    coil pack replaced is brand new.
     
  26. thrasher722

    thrasher722 Member

    I had a friend that had a bad ground on a Miata causing miss firing issues, could be something to look into if the coil pack is good.
     

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