Re: no power


"Chandy" <chandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Apologies if a repost, google seemed to choke on the original a few
> hours ago and I don't see it.
>
> '97 Citroen ZX 1.4i.
> So I finally get my thumping noise fixed (wheelbearings) and
> immediately notice that I seem to be lacking power and the car
> 'hesitant' is about the best way I could describe it, like it
> continually lurches slightly? It pretty much refuses to rev past 3000,
> and gets there very slowly in the first place - just doesn't seem to
> have the guts to do it anymore, and I can only get past 60 with the aid
> of a hill, seriously. Had an oil change with filter and a new air
> filter put in at the same time as getting the wheelbearings done and
> had noticed before that the pipe that feeds back oil vapour etc., had
> been sealed on with some type of putty, guess the connection must have
> broken at some point. Looking at it now, the connection is completely
> broken again so there's no seal there. Also let the engine idle with
> the oil filler cap off and I could feel a noticible air pressure coming
> from the hole. Additionally it *seemed* like the exhaust was quite
> weak? But I could be imagining that. It had also been reported to me by
> the guy that did the filter change that there is an oil leak that will
> need chased up.. Before the work, even with the bad bearings, there was
> plenty of power, could hit 5000 revs and keep on going without an issue
> if needs be.
>

Your exhaust is blocked, either with bits of broken catalyst or the wadding
from one of the silencer boxes.

Tim..


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