Thread: No power under acceleration

Yesterday i was driving home from work and i wanted to pass a car. I gave moderate acceleration and it was not going. It sound like there was little gas flowing. I have no check engine light. Car starts fine, and runs great but i just cant hit the gas and go. What could be the issue. The car is a 1999 GTP with 126000 original miles.

do you smell a rotten egg? could be you cat clogging

Originally Posted by Below Average Joe

do you smell a rotten egg? could be you cat clogging

At the exhaust pipe? No i didnt think of smelling that. If i do smell a rotten egg would it be the cat?

yes it would

ok. what else could it possibly be?

Clean your TB.

Im going to look at the car this weekend.

It's cheap to do and worth a shot. With that kind of mileage I'm willing to bet it hasn't been cleaned:

clean the MAF while you are at it

ok.

ok. How do you clean a MAF?

remove it, then spray the small wires with maf cleaner, DO NOT TOUCH OR SCRUB THESE WIRES. just spray them.

^This....

Also, when you clean the TB make sure you take the TB off and clean behind it. It may look clean on the front, but it will be filthy on the backside of it.

Originally Posted by Below Average Joe

^This....

Also, when you clean the TB make sure you take the TB off and clean behind it. It may look clean on the front, but it will be filthy on the backside of it.

sure will