 » Site Navigation | | | | » Recent Threads | | | |  |  |  |  11-21-2011, 07:43 AM | #1 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |  M42 is very sluggish and hesistant with its power
im having some problems figuring out my cars lack of power.
it takes a while to get the car to rev up to any rpm, and under load it is even worse. car will still drive but in 5th gear im not going over 55 without downshifting to 4th.
i recently bought it and it has 210,000 miles and the cat was clogged really bad
so far i have bypassed the cat
checked the plugs, all are good,
plug wires seem to be in good shape, no rips or bare wire showing.
my thoughts are possibly o2 sensor is shot for the cat being clogged for who knows how long (not sure of the history of the car but its a little rough all around)
any other ideas would be great!
thanks in advance. __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
|  |  | | 11-21-2011, 02:29 PM | #2 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Atlanta Posts: 233 |
Is it auto? Might be that stupid little switch by the gearshift that has no purpose other than to piss you off. __________________
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"Some people like cupcakes better. I for one, care less for them" | | | | | 11-21-2011, 02:31 PM | #3 | | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Potomac Falls VA DMV Posts: 1,794 |
He said 5th gear so clearly it's a manual __________________
Im guessing im the youngest member on here with a S52 power'ed Ti at 16 years old! | | | | | 11-21-2011, 02:40 PM | #4 | | Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Atlanta Posts: 233 |
Quote: Originally Posted by slow_ti  He said 5th gear so clearly it's a manual | I got nothing then __________________
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"Some people like cupcakes better. I for one, care less for them" | | | | | 11-21-2011, 03:21 PM | #5 | | Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: MD/PA/DC Posts: 1,629 |
Knock or crank/cam sensors.
have you put a scanner on it? __________________  No more ti. | | | | | 11-21-2011, 06:15 PM | #6 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
Its obd 1 so I'm going to pull the codes and see what I get. __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
| | | | | 11-21-2011, 11:48 PM | #7 | | Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: asdfasdf Posts: 10,002 |
how about the fuel filter? | | | | | 11-22-2011, 11:15 AM | #8 | | Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: OR, USA Posts: 61 |
It's missing two cylinders? o.0
j/k
Maybe MAF, try seafoaming the motor too... might help, might not. __________________ =F.N.B.=
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Low Flying Engines | | | | | 11-22-2011, 06:44 PM | #9 | | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Eugene Oregon Posts: 6,182 |
i figured it out, threw some new plug wires in there last night and all was better!! just goes to prove sometimes the wires look perfect but arent __________________
-Josh
Sold-1995 318ti, Club Sport, Hellrot
Sold-1996 318ti, Active Model, Boston Green
Current- 1995 318ti, sport model, schwartz
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