maglite Posted November 9, 2006 Report Posted November 9, 2006 Hi guys, I haven't been on the forum for ages. I hope you all are doing well. I've been having some issues with my Gal that I've been trying to sort out. I'm getting a loss of power at around 4000 revs on my 2.0 GLX auto. What happens is, the car accelerates normally to 70 - 80 and then there is a loss of power. I press the throttle all the way down and the car doesn't go past 4000 revs. If I ease off a little, sometimes it goes past and accelerates with a slight jerk as if the power is coming back in. I changed the plugs, then the leads, then the coils. The problem was still happening, so I changed the fuel filter and the Lamda sensor. I took it for a test run and at first it seemed the lamda did the trick, but after about 1 minute at 80mph the loss of power kicked back in. I got a bit pee'd off and took it to the dealer. I told them about what the problem was. When they called me I saw that the Gal was parked in the exact same spot where I had left it and it looked as if it hadn't even been moved :D . Anyway, they said that they suspect failure of the secondary air pump or a problem with the cat. Does the 2.0 have a secondary air pump? I don't think it does. Those bloody fools charged me Quote
big_kev Posted November 10, 2006 Report Posted November 10, 2006 Its not a gearbox problem is it ? Will it go above 4000 rpm if you manually put it into 1, 2 or 3 ? Quote
maglite Posted November 11, 2006 Author Report Posted November 11, 2006 Its not a gearbox problem is it ? Will it go above 4000 rpm if you manually put it into 1, 2 or 3 ? I did think it could have been the gearbox, but it does go over the 4k revs when it wants to. I was thinking about removing the cat as a temp measure to test it. It's like there is a loss of fuel when it gets to 4000K revs. One of my friends said it could be the rev limiter kicking in too early, but I'm gonna have to carry on investigating whats causing this problem. Quote
MadBaz Posted November 11, 2006 Report Posted November 11, 2006 I got a bit pee'd off and took it to the dealer. I told them about what the problem was. When they called me I saw that the Gal was parked in the exact same spot where I had left it and it looked as if it hadn't even been moved :lol: . Anyway, they said that they suspect failure of the secondary air pump or a problem with the cat. Does the 2.0 have a secondary air pump? I don't think it does. Those bloody fools charged me Quote
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