everytime i'm getting on the freeway or just driving on city roads it feels like i'm losing power everytime i get on the gas. i dont know much about my car. i had my car for about a year now. when i purchased my car it had a few mods and within the first week of driving the car it broke down on me at Ellensburg.it cost me $600 to get it towed to Auburn. then found out it was the fuel pump that went out. but anyways. why am i losing power. i changed spark plug and wires already.

 

So I take it you don't work on it much. Don't have a Tatrix cable so you can take a log of it? You need to be a little more specific on it "losing power". Do the RPMs increase and you just don't move as fast? That could be the clutch. Do you feel it knocking or jerking around? Could be plug gap or ignition related. It could be 100 things, you have to help us narrow it down. If you can take a log of it, do it. Or at least try and be more descriptive in your explanation.

 

it only does it when the RPM increase. i just put in a new clutch and flywheel. i havent done the 70K service yet.

 

You're still very vague. I suggest getting it to a shop to have it diagnosed.

 

obviously the problem is when the RPMs increase, that is when you step on the gas. What happens? Violent jerking? The car just slowly dies? You need to be specific, I don't know what your talking about and chances are neither will anyone else on here... Chances are you should just take it to a reputable shop... sounds like this is going to be a difficult process, sorry, dont mean to be rude...

 

its ok. ur not being rude. theres no jerk or it doesnt die. my buddy found the problem. he said i needed a new timing belt. WTF just one little thing can cause one big headache. thanx anyways. sorry i wasnt being more specific.

 

^timing belt due at 60k. Hopefully that is it.

 

i dont see how you can lose power with old timing belt

 

If it skipped a tooth or two it could really act up, but that is getting into the realm of messing up the valve train and can lead to serious problems. So if you were running it around while it was like that it could mean serious $$$. You didn't happen to hear any loud ticking did you?

 

Come on guys its the timing belt and you all know it! Us technicians gotta eat too

 

Having a promblem robert? Are you sure its the timing belt? It could be alot of stuff. Bring it over ill take a look at it.

 

I wonder if its ur tune? Who tuned ur car?

 

Ya. Get your car over to T.J.'s and let him take a look at it. Once you figure that out, we can tackle that 60k job with the 3 of us easy.

 

Yes, i concure!

 

^how long for you guys to do the timing belt? I haven't done it yet (still under 40k) and just getting a pulse for when I'm there.