joserivas19
07-10-2013, 12:34 PM
Good morning all,
So i have been having some issues with my alero for almost a year now and havent been able to figure out whats wrong with it. I hope you guys might be able to point me in the right direction.
So when i am going on the road, specially on the FWY (speed limit here in western WA is 60) all of a sudden i start loosing speed, my foot is all the way down on the pedal, and nothing. Then all of a sudden it'll kick back into speed. and it does it every few mins. And when im going up any hill, i cant get it to go past 20mph. There is like a knocking sound on the back part of the engine. When i put the stethoscope to listen, sounds like its coming from the middle rear cylinder, but im not sure.
i took it to a local shop a few months ago so they could diagnose it and possibly fix it. They took off the intake manidold, looked at the pushrods and lifters and told me they were ok. Then they wanted to charge me $2,500 to pull the engine to look at the camshaft. He said i was military and therefore could afford it. I told him to "F" off and that i could get a rebuilt engine for that price, and just gave him the $500 for taking the intake off and putting it back on.
I have no codes that pop up or any lights for that matter. I hope this info is useful to you guys. Oh, and its an automatic too. I really appreciate the help in advance. thanks guys.
So i have been having some issues with my alero for almost a year now and havent been able to figure out whats wrong with it. I hope you guys might be able to point me in the right direction.
So when i am going on the road, specially on the FWY (speed limit here in western WA is 60) all of a sudden i start loosing speed, my foot is all the way down on the pedal, and nothing. Then all of a sudden it'll kick back into speed. and it does it every few mins. And when im going up any hill, i cant get it to go past 20mph. There is like a knocking sound on the back part of the engine. When i put the stethoscope to listen, sounds like its coming from the middle rear cylinder, but im not sure.
i took it to a local shop a few months ago so they could diagnose it and possibly fix it. They took off the intake manidold, looked at the pushrods and lifters and told me they were ok. Then they wanted to charge me $2,500 to pull the engine to look at the camshaft. He said i was military and therefore could afford it. I told him to "F" off and that i could get a rebuilt engine for that price, and just gave him the $500 for taking the intake off and putting it back on.
I have no codes that pop up or any lights for that matter. I hope this info is useful to you guys. Oh, and its an automatic too. I really appreciate the help in advance. thanks guys.