what engine?1.6L sure?but is it EFI? what country, each country uses a diff. system for fuelingCarb, and 3 Different EFI systems.i think its not USA, but what country?if car has a chassis tag on the fire wall next to battery , the last line shows , full Information.the line seen here, as Market.
http://www.fixkick.com/specs/Body-TAGS/bodytag.htmlonce we have that , answers can get quite accurate with better symtoms.Loss of
engine power:1: Does battery voltage stay 13.3 to 15vDC running?2: does the transmission slip (3,4,5sp not stated witch)3: Ever do the 60kmile (100kmeter) turn up, as the book shows.?4: is fuel pressure at near 30psi?5: is engine compression above 150PSI (no then the 60k belt has slipped , the timing belt all do that. All)6: CEL lamp glowing keyon, then after start goes out?7: In the USA OBD2 scan tools work, this year, so we SCAN it.8: weak Air meter, MAF or AFR, depends on country,9: bad CARB , yes, some countries, still use carbs in 1996.10: ECU stuck in Limphome do to gross sensor errors. etc.top 10. is it good? there is test for each failure class. 3 classes.A: bad engineB: bad sparkC: bad fueling.