JDMFEVER
09-28-2008, 02:39 PM
Hi guys I'm new here.
My mechanical knowledge of cars is pretty bad so don't flame me for not knowing much outside of suspension tuning.
anyway I got my 3g for my 18th birthday, its an 88 Accord LX-i with a 5 speed transmission, new clutch, 1000 dollar price tag. (someone beat me to buying a turbo supra so i had to buy this instead. I also didn't call the owner of a turbo RX-7 FC before someone beat me to it aswell)
ANYWAY (sorry redundancy) to the point
I drove it for nearly a month and was just about ready to take my road tests and get my full license when my check engine lights turned on. Stopped at a gas station, my dad figured we should put a 40w in it, after we checked the oil, it was REALLY low. after that the car was fine, we let it idle and then continued to drive. I got on the express way and going uphill the car started to slow down, thats pretty normal, so I downshift and accelerate to keep up the pace, and I am stuck at 65mph and I had to push my revs higher just to keep that speed. after i got up hill it seemed okay, I went back into 5th. but everytime I eased the throttle i would just lose all power, so I increased to 6k . I still felt a lot of powerloss, it just got worse, eventually I had to pull over because the car began to make a clunking noise and was shaking violently, i pulled to the side and shut it off. After debating what to do my dad wanted to try and drive it home since we were about 2 miles away from our exit. So i started it up again and it wouldnt go past 5mph and lasted about 10 seconds before stalling.
I don't know whats wrong with it. Anyone have any idea what it could be? this happened a while ago so thats the best detail I can give. I am without a car which makes it nearly impossible to find work in Michigan. (Finding any job here is difficult as it is.) I have no idea what to do :|
halp :3
My mechanical knowledge of cars is pretty bad so don't flame me for not knowing much outside of suspension tuning.
anyway I got my 3g for my 18th birthday, its an 88 Accord LX-i with a 5 speed transmission, new clutch, 1000 dollar price tag. (someone beat me to buying a turbo supra so i had to buy this instead. I also didn't call the owner of a turbo RX-7 FC before someone beat me to it aswell)
ANYWAY (sorry redundancy) to the point
I drove it for nearly a month and was just about ready to take my road tests and get my full license when my check engine lights turned on. Stopped at a gas station, my dad figured we should put a 40w in it, after we checked the oil, it was REALLY low. after that the car was fine, we let it idle and then continued to drive. I got on the express way and going uphill the car started to slow down, thats pretty normal, so I downshift and accelerate to keep up the pace, and I am stuck at 65mph and I had to push my revs higher just to keep that speed. after i got up hill it seemed okay, I went back into 5th. but everytime I eased the throttle i would just lose all power, so I increased to 6k . I still felt a lot of powerloss, it just got worse, eventually I had to pull over because the car began to make a clunking noise and was shaking violently, i pulled to the side and shut it off. After debating what to do my dad wanted to try and drive it home since we were about 2 miles away from our exit. So i started it up again and it wouldnt go past 5mph and lasted about 10 seconds before stalling.
I don't know whats wrong with it. Anyone have any idea what it could be? this happened a while ago so thats the best detail I can give. I am without a car which makes it nearly impossible to find work in Michigan. (Finding any job here is difficult as it is.) I have no idea what to do :|
halp :3