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Old 10-15-2011, 06:20 PM
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So I just got a 2002 type s.. the guy I got it from told me the motor was rebuilt.. but after driving it every day, it feels kind of slow in lower rpms.. when I got it the valves were ticking so I fixed that.. and I just found out today that my knock sensor is broken.. could that cause power lose? Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated...
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check and see if the catyltic converter is clogged, sounds dumb i know but it can kill power
Old 10-16-2011, 11:19 PM
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The first thing you want to do is buy a compression leakndown tester at autozone or somewhere. That will tell you if it's your engine or not.
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Vtec engaging? Check compression, plugs, injectors.
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Ya vtec engages.. I'm actually just taking it to the dealer to have them go through the whole car. Hopefully the motor isn't shot.
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I had a girlfriend with a black 02 Type S last year. Vtec engaged just fine but there was a very obvious lack of power. She never figured it out and sold it for $7K lol. That this was fun to drive but seemed to slow for a K and everytime you shifted it hard the exhuast would SLAP and I mean slap the floorboards. You could feel it in the passenger seat.

Good luck solving it. Check the air filter, clogged cat, run a scan, do the compression test mentioned above. knowing cylinder pressures are the start to knowing the health of any engine.
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Yeah hows your idle?
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