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Engine has no power, especially when accelerating 850

Hello everyone

This really bits me and i have to give up here for sometime, maybe somebody had something similar, I have gone with my car,( which does not have both the splashgurds below the engine unfortunatelly) into water, after that all the controls led up the engine went off, and when it started it had complete no power, like working on 3 spark plugs, the oil builds enormous pressure when accelerating an shoots up through the oil feeler,what is interesting when it is on idling 850 rpm it sometimes plays with rotation to 1500 then to 500 and then suddenly all is perfect it has power again and all works fine, this is also when it rains it also sometimes works great. I have done almost everything new pistons and rings, new cyllinders for them, the head has been fixed too, all new seals, new sparks and wires, new cap,all new filters totally cleaned intake, all cleaned injectors plus new seals, cleaned flame trap, clean the ventilation of the crankase, new o2,
and its the same as before, plus the onboard diagnose sees no faults ????

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    Engine has no power, especially when accelerating 850


    there are many possible causes of hesitations or loss of power, like me I'm consistently trying to find my idle and slight hesitation after the major one when I changed the CAMSHAFT SENSOR but would recommend to check your vacuum hoses first and then do the process of elimination w/c will depend on how much $$$ will you spend to fix this problem.

    After the camshaft sensor, check the INTAKE HOSE...if still not successfull, check condition of most sensors and relays like;

    TPS sensor switch
    Knock sensor
    ECT sensor and thermostat
    Fuel regulator
    Fuel pump
    Fuel relay


    chrisq 97 855 T5 70K








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      Engine has no power, especially when accelerating 850

      Hi Chriss

      Tks for the reply, You know what i have just made a test if i let the engine to run ( idle ) for about 2 to 4 without pressing anything, the rpm go a few times up and then at the at they go to 1300 - 1500 , and from then the engine runs like its new, you can drive 100 of miles and all is ok, the problem is that when you switch of the engine you have to repuit the procedure cos otherwise if start and dont wait 3 minutes till the rpm goes up then engine will be stalling all the time.







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