Guest Subestyle18 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 i have a 87 spfi ea82 wagon with a 3 speed auto. On the way home from work today the car wouldn't go past 2800 rpms. this morning it freely reved to 5000 or so. It did not matter the gear. Even in neutral it wouldn't pass 2800 rpms. I am stumped of the cause of this if any one could help me i would be great. It makes really slow going when you cant go over 50mph. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ShawnW Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Is the car really sluggish ? check engine lights of any kind on or gauges pointed toward HOT, etc? Plugged Catalyst? Does the exhaust pressure/volume seem normal, smelly, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bbbs53 Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Hi, for one reason or another, clogged cat or other wise, it sounds like the computer is in limp mode. It could be a bad o2 sensor or a host of other things. Do the ecu code check and it should indicate the problem, Bradd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rXSNRG Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 The '90 Loyale, SPFI I got from Calebz does the same thing. I haven't looked at it yet but also would like to find a solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest calebz Posted August 6, 2003 Share Posted August 6, 2003 Mark, In retrospect, that was probably due to operator error in the instailation of the timing belts..<img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/embarassed.gif ALT=":o"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Subestyle18 Posted August 9, 2003 Share Posted August 9, 2003 i replaced the fuel filter, which was long over due, propbaly close to 100k miles and now the car runs fine. thanks for the help though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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