No power.....
No power.....
This happened awhile ago....I came to my house and was here for about 20 minutes, i get in my car, start it, and go to take off and tehre is absolutely no power at all. I got to the end of the driveway thinkin maybe it was just boggin out or something.But still no power, so i try to back up the driveway, and it barely made it. I pulled all the plugs and they were fine, not fouled out or had anything wrong with them at all. The next day i jack it up to look underneath and atifreeze started coming out from the motor somewhere, i couldnt quite tell where it was coming from tho. The car starts fine, but it sounds like a 4wheeler, it has a real slow idle and rev, doesnt sound like a quad4 at all. I'm pretty stumped here, and with work and working on my mustang i dont have anytime to diagnose the problem, anyone have any ideas ? I'm kindof thinkin its a blown head gasket or a cracked head, ( but the exhaust smoke is fine ) could it have anything to do with the intake manifold ?
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No power.....
Thinking back to my quad, my first thought was to have the fuel pressure checked. I had it explained to me in this way, Way to high pressure - possible fuel clog between the regulator and the injectors, AKA constant closed injector. Too little pressure- Clogged fuel filter, stuck pump, or open injector.
Going beyond that is to pull the plug boots one by one to make sure they are acctually working properly. The reason I suggest trying this is because of a car I had after the quad, The power was low on it and I was able to trace it down to an injector problem because when I removed plug wire number 2, it had no effect on how the engine ran., though it would seem to start as normal and sound as if it ran normal, just a lack of power and too much fuel consumption. Also, cylinder #2 plugs and internal parts looked normal with the naked eye.
Going beyond that is to pull the plug boots one by one to make sure they are acctually working properly. The reason I suggest trying this is because of a car I had after the quad, The power was low on it and I was able to trace it down to an injector problem because when I removed plug wire number 2, it had no effect on how the engine ran., though it would seem to start as normal and sound as if it ran normal, just a lack of power and too much fuel consumption. Also, cylinder #2 plugs and internal parts looked normal with the naked eye.