My car just started doing this. It sounds like a WRX, really choppy sounding. It does it quiet often. Mostly when im accelerating but sometimes it doesnt do it at all. When it does happen i notice a slight loss in power. I tried searching but i couldnt find anything so any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

i would be happy i always wanted my CRX to sound like a fast car lol

 

maybe u need new fuel injectors or try fuel injector cleaner additive... i once had an 86 jetta do that... thats my 2 cents.


Modified by saikouEF8 at 6:40 PM 1/20/2006

 

are you saying you are having a bogging issue? could be a lot of different things. check ignition and a/f ratio

 

throw some subaru emblems on it


p.s. maybe bad gas also, fouled plugs, dirty fuel filter, tons of stuff.

i had a little mazda pickup that did that, turns out it was a clogged cat.

 

i say check your plugs first of all...they might be oil soaked or something..

 

<FONT SIZE="5"> The problem you are having is you have oil or water in your spark plugs / wires. Same exact thing happend to me. Its your spark plugs. Check them, Get new ones, and if you have an Air compresser and a blow gun then shoot sone parts wash / brake cleaner in there and then put some rags over the valve cover so the rags catch all the oil / water. Trust me I do this all the time at work</FONT>

 

change your fuel filter it's only 8 bucks.

 

last time that happened to me it was a blown headgasket

 

Yea and the oil from it gets in where your spark plugs are, same thing happend to me.
And im still driving around with a blown head gasket. Im too lazy to replace it. Its been like 2 months or more.

 

most likely its a misfire... disconnected plug wire, old plug wire or like stated above a fouled plug.

 

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Couldn't of said it better myself. Sorry I gave, not so understand info. But yea, your running on 3, or even 2 cyl.

 

Aaron EF9 can u explain wut u were trying to say a few posts up please

 

just do a compression test

 

When it sounds like a wrx thats because its not running on all 4 cylinders..

Do the basic tune-up----Cap,rotor,plugs,wires if they need it and see what happens,,If it still does it check the compression of the motor..All the numbers should around each other.

 

it could be numerous things, but the REAL REASON its making that noise is becuase its not running on all cylinders, maybe 3 maybe 2, could be anything anyone said. headgasket maybe, start by turning your car on, pull each plug wire one by one, after you pull one put it back in before you pull another, one by on, if the rpm's drop on every one except cylinder .....3 than change your wires maybe that will do it. if not do the same thing with injectors, start the car and unplug them on by one, if you unplug one and the idle doesnt drop then theres your problem bad injector, you could also do a voltage test on the injectors, if you kno how, im tired and done typing, good luck.

 

i miss my wrx :-&lt;

R.I.P "Scooby" Dec. 7 2004 - Sept. 2 2005

 

check compression and do a leak down test

 

Thanks for all the info..... I checked my plugs turned out that #4 plug wire had some moisture on it i changed it out and all is good. Thanks again

 

i had this same problem not too long ago...

check your fuel injector plugs, one of them might have come loose slightly.

 

can anyone type the noise a wrx makes? vs crx?

 

 

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cant be a disconnected plug wire, it would sound like a lawnmower all the time

 

Yeah I don't quite know what you mean by the noise. My CRX is the loudest car around, I'm pretty sure everyone is laughing at it when I autocross and hit the fuel cutoff. I know I'm not down a cylinder. It sounds like my dad's 2000 Si when the b16 crosses over (AEM CAI), but twice as loud. I'm pretty sure it's my intake (on the car when I got it), maybe you have a new intake that sounds different?

 

WRX = wumwumwumwum

CRX = puttputtputtputt