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Old 08-20-2004, 08:18 PM
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Default Power loss! Could it be caused by an exhaust leak?
I have put 700+ miles on my car in the last 3 days so all of the fuel injector cleaner should have run through. No more CELS, car is running smoothly, but it feels like I have lost all my power above 3K rpm!

I was wearing sandals earlier and almost burned my foot when I was standing out side the drivers door. So maybe there is an exhaust leak in that area ... I'll take a look tomorrow morning. But would a small exhaust leak cause the power loss that I am seeing?

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Or Flux Capacitor stopped fluxing. Add beer to Mr. Fusion.
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...or a banana peel
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Yeah I just replaced my flux.
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I small leak wouldn't cause a huge power loss either, and if it did it would probably be 0-3000rpm's
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skolnick had the same issue once he drained his blinker fluid and his headlights started groaning...
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I bet your catalytic converters are going bad.
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Old 08-21-2004, 09:21 AM
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Default Damn, I hope not...
I just had them replaced 2 years ago.

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does it smell bad around the car?
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nope. That's the strange thing, it seems to be running so smoothly.
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