ok tonight i was just driving along and all of the sudden the car started to shake and lost all of its power. now it idles at 300rpm's, and when i rev/accelerate it shakes REALLY hard and hesitates like crazy. its runing like complete ****, not even driveable. it has all new plugs, wires, cap, rotor, vaccuum lines, fuel filter, and a half tank of gas. i have NO idea whats wrong. no CEL either. im stumped

 

check all your vacuum lines and your ignition components....see if you can tell if it's running rich or not....did you possibly get any water in the distributor

 

Is it running on all 4 cylinders?

 

like i said it has all new vaccuum lines and theyre all hooked up. itslate out so i havent checked all the cyls. tomorrow i will do a compression check and see how the park plugs look. it FEELS like its running on half the cyls or something tho...

 

Have you checked your motor mounts? One could have a shot bushing or be loose creating problems for wiring harnesses

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by rewsnaeht &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> tomorrow i will do a compression check and see how the park plugs look.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Sounds like a good place to start.

 

ive had the same prob. i cant figure dis **** out.

 

check plug wires-for some stupid reason NGK(and maybe others) wires fall off the distributor
pull the valve cover and timing cover and check that the timing belt didnt slip a couple of teeth. cam(s) UP mark compared to the white line on the crank pulley(TDC).