dthug

for the past 2 days i been having a problem with my motor, when its cold it wont let me pass 3k it strggles ALOT to get up there its like it sputters up alot but when its warmed up it drives fine, but one it did it when it was warm. i dont even know where to start to look to fix the problem or what it could be. BTW its a 00 gsr

philosofy1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dthug &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">for the past 2 days i been having a problem with my motor, when its cold it wont let me pass 3k it strggles ALOT to get up there its like it sputters up alot but when its warmed up it drives fine, but one it did it when it was warm. i dont even know where to start to look to fix the problem or what it could be. BTW its a 00 gsr</TD></TR></TABLE>

do you have any cel? maybe it's a loss of compression? IMO, you should always let the car warm up before driving.

Slamaccord

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Check for cel's.
If so what are they?
Sounds like map sensor to me.

dthug

no cels at all. i usually leave my car on for like 45 sec then i drive slow before i take it past 4k i dont have time to wait for it to fully warm up i leave for school at 550am. i dont know why it started doing this outta no where, i haven't messed with anything engine-wise for a few weeks, and i'm getting a new intake mani in tomorrow i dont wanna install it if my motor isn't run right.

Slamaccord

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Hmmm No cel's huh?
Did you check your grounds ?

dthug

no i haven't yet but why would my grounds come loose i havent' even popped my hood in like a week. wouldn't that cause a problem with my car starting up. it starts up fine its just when i drive it pulls me back alot i'm scared imma loose my motor lol

philosofy1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Slamaccord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Check for cel's.
If so what are they?
Sounds like map sensor to me.</TD></TR></TABLE>

not only would a map sensor cause a cel, but it would act this way regardless if the engine is hot or cold.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dthug &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">no i haven't yet but why would my grounds come loose i havent' even popped my hood in like a week. wouldn't that cause a problem with my car starting up. it starts up fine its just when i drive it pulls me back alot i'm scared imma loose my motor lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

it'll cause problems with starting, or if it's really bad, your gauges might go crazy, and loss of electrical power.

i'm still going to stick with loss of compression, do a compression test then post the numbers so we can see if they are good #'s.

dthug

i'll go buy a compression tester now pepboys would sell it right? how bad of a problem am i looking at right now? i dont wanna loose my motor now

philosofy1

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dthug &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i'll go buy a compression tester now pepboys would sell it right? how bad of a problem am i looking at right now? i dont wanna loose my motor now </TD></TR></TABLE>

yes pepboys should have it, our any parts store for that matter.

worse case scenerio, you have bad rings, or headgasket, or both.
i wouldn't say you're going to loose your motor. it should be fine as long as you catch and repair the problem on time.

how many miles do you have?

dthug

it has about 40k miles i bought it with "30k" miles according to the previous motors, damn i wish i know more about cars back when i bought the motor i would've checked so many things. well i'm on my way now to pepboys hopefully its nothing bad and if it isn't a compression problem then iat least i finally have a tester just in case

any other opinions while i'm gone would be great please help me fix my motor

dthug

bump some help comp. test are 40 bucks can it be anything else?