Questions & Answers for: exhaust cause sluggish car

Question about 1994 Civic

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...exhaust pipe very black. Garage mechanic did not know cause - suggested fault with auto-choke but didn't damm well fix it! Car has been regularly serviced - no problems till now. Any suggestions ...

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and bad odor trans problem Smell like sulphuror rotton eggs? If so, Your cat converter is resyrictedin your exhaust system. It will cause major loss of power. A muffler shop can confirm Good Luck -Ned

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...SLUGGISH.PROBLEM COULD BE RESTRICTED AIR FILTER DIESEL.INJECTION PUMP TIMING OUT OF ADJUSTMENT.FAULTY EGR AND EPR VALVES.RESTRICTED EXHAUST SYSTEM STOPPED UP MUFFLER PLUGGED FUEL FILTER.PLUGGED FUEL ...

...FILTER.BAD PLUG WIRES.AND CHECK TRANSMISSION FLUID IT COULD BE LOW CAUSING SLIPPING.THAT WILL GIVE YOU SLUGGISH ENGINE TAKE OFF. 1999 old 2.4 alero stalls out fluctuating idle exhaust pipe has ...

...exhaust note sound flat and 'chuffs' at idle?(see 1,2,6)hope this helps or will need some more detail of how it runs and sounds.Fault codes may need to be cleared by using the appropiate scan ...

...exhaust. The car running sluggish and using lots of fuel can be caused by compression loss. Look at the coolant level color and smell (with cold engine - don't open the high pressure reservoir with ...

cause my muffler to glow redhot on a 99 navigater Raw unburned fuel is entering the exhaust system. Is the vehicle running rough/misfiring? IS the check engine light on/flashing? If so, have the codes

...encountering a hill or from a stop No , if fuel filter were clogged it would cause a lack of power all the time . Have exhaust ( catalytic converter ) checked . Partially plugged , well get worst

Question about 2001 Intrigue

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...cause could be almost anything, though if a fault developed likely to affect the exhaust emissions the engine check light will switch on and a fault code be recorded in the memory. Most such faults ...

has been sluggish when first accelerating and I'm smelling a bad exhaust smell. What could be causing this? 1994 Ford Explorer EB 4.0L It's loading up. Several things would cause this. O2 sensor's etc

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