Loss Of Low End

[slowandlow]

just today i felt my alero start to feel funny when giveing the gass. it started promptley today. i have no servis lights on and just got a new tank of gass on tuesday and have about 40 miles. can it be bad gass? help plese. i have a cai and still under warentee.

[-Alero-]

nah not bad gas, is your car manual or auto? if its auto, it could be a shifting probelm, or it could just be a sticky throttle. theres a recall on that i believe.

[bigd6983]

could be a clogged fuel filter.....

[brsexton]

Originally posted by Alero-@Nov 13 2004, 12:17 AM
nah not bad gas, is your car manual or auto? if its auto, it could be a shifting probelm, or it could just be a sticky throttle. theres a recall on that i believe.
I have experianced bad gas that will cause those problems. My girlfriend got gas at cheap place and her car spark knocked and hesitated BAD right after we put that gas in. We added some good fuel and it slowly got better. So yeah, it could be bad gas. Try to mix it with some gas from another station and add some fuel system cleaner and run that take out as fast as you can. If that don't help, then you may have other sensor type issues.

[bdyman]

ya but he`s got no ses lights on he sayin
so how does it feel funny?? hesitation??? slugish??? erratic idle??
describe more please

[slowandlow]

it has a rough idle. and feels a little jerkey almost if the traney was sliping. i just got the fule filter replaced like 3k miles ago. i found out i have a gasket leak between the traney and engine. it is not bad but a small leak tranny fluid. i tryed to check the level but i olny found a fill spot and no dip stick. i have a automatic. i will add some gass and some injector cleaner. how do you know how much tranny fluid to add if you cant check if it is low? can you over fill the tranny?

[mike2002]

did you recently get a car wash or somthing? that happened on my last car, right after i got a car wash, it blew one of the spark plug boots off the spark plug so i was running on 7 cylinders. the idle was just a little rough, but the car was REALLY sluggish, felt wierd when it shifted.

i easily figured it out by popping the hood, i could hear a clicking, which was the spark sparking, but not going anywhere

[slowandlow]

no i hand wash the car sence my rims will get wrecked of i drive it throgh. it is not all the time it is once in a while cold and it gets worce when heated up. i will be takeing it in soon to get it fixed at the dealer .

[bigd6983]

Originally posted by mike2002@Nov 14 2004, 09:47 AM
did you recently get a car wash or somthing? that happened on my last car, right after i got a car wash, it blew one of the spark plug boots off the spark plug so i was running on 7 cylinders. the idle was just a little rough, but the car was REALLY sluggish, felt wierd when it shifted.

i easily figured it out by popping the hood, i could hear a clicking, which was the spark sparking, but not going anywhere
7 cylinders?? lucky bastard.........lol i just replaced the coils on mine, it picks up a lil better on the low end and i also found a vacuum leak on a T, i thought i had just did it but the sound has been there for a while and just noticed now the sound is coming from the crack on the T.....check for vacuum leaks too......

[slowandlow]

ok i have drove it a few days with this problem. when i start it it runs fine. after about 7-8 min it starts to get worse. i dont drive too many miles at a time so i dont know how bad it gets. i was thinking eather the tranny is heating up and sliping.or a head problem. i have had lim gasket replaced twce so far. should i put he stock air box back on befor takeing it in? and do i need all pieces put on if i do put it back?