Comments on: 11 Causes of Car Losing Power When Accelerating (Gas & Diesel Engines) https://cartreatments.com/car-losing-power-when-accelerating/ Car Maintenance, General Repair, Troubleshooting, and Everything Car Related Thu, 08 Dec 2022 17:48:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: Sean https://cartreatments.com/car-losing-power-when-accelerating/comment-page-3/#comment-1284965 Thu, 08 Dec 2022 17:48:36 +0000 http://cartreatments.com/?p=763#comment-1284965 In reply to Adriel Rodriguez.

Sounds like the fuel tank or fuel pump may be leaking. I’d address the fuel smell in the cabin before doing anything else.

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By: Adriel Rodriguez https://cartreatments.com/car-losing-power-when-accelerating/comment-page-3/#comment-1284838 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 23:28:38 +0000 http://cartreatments.com/?p=763#comment-1284838 I have a 1983 Honda Accord LX Hatchback automatic transmission with 51,000 miles on it. I’ve had a lot of issues with the car since I acquired it – I actually JUST got my car back from the mechanic 10 days ago, after he had it for a month and a half. i had to get it towed to his shop because my car began to suddenly stall out when it would come to a near complete stop, and i ended up flooding the carburetor trying to pump the gas to get the car to start back up.

At first, everything was fine. He replaced the master brake cylinder and i don’t need to push all my weight on the brakes to slow down anymore, which IS nice.
But, on the 3rd day, it started having issues on both the highway, and on any street that has even the slightest amount of elevation. If my car is on either one of those two for anything more than 15 seconds, I can be flooring the accelerator, and see and hear the RPMs working hard, but my car will begin to slowly lose speed, overheat (obviously), and – depending on how long I floored the accelerator for – will stall out on me.

On the 8th day, i had gone to work his side streets, everything was fine, but when i was about to head home, i turned on my car, and usually, the carburetor takes anywhere from 3-8 minutes before idling over, but after waiting for 25 minutes, it never idled over. I turned off the car, waited about 2 minutes, and tried again, but again, waited another 15 and still nothing. Frustrated, irritated, and drained from my work day as well, i said “f this” and drove the car home as it was.

Today is the 10th day of me having the car back. A few hours ago, I went to check up on my car, and see what mood it was in. I started up the car, and was about to light a cigarette while i waited for the carburetor to idle over, when all of a sudden, the inside of the car cabin smelled like if i was SUBMERGED in gasoline. It was so strong that within seconds i was overwhelmed out of the car, my eyes were tearing up from the fumes. i did reach back in the car and shut it off. I recollected myself, and checked as much as i could on the outside. There were no fluids dripping onto the ground underneath my car neither fresh or recent that i saw, but my car was sputtering again, and unfortunately, i couldn’t even find out if the carbeurator ever made it to the idling stage, kuz i had to turn the car off.

I know it’s a lot of context and information, but i figured the more details i give, the easier it would be easier to solving. Thank you for your time!

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By: Sean https://cartreatments.com/car-losing-power-when-accelerating/comment-page-3/#comment-1276269 Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:47:35 +0000 http://cartreatments.com/?p=763#comment-1276269 In reply to Dylan wilson.

Make sure you’re up to date on all your maintenance, including spark plugs.

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By: Dylan wilson https://cartreatments.com/car-losing-power-when-accelerating/comment-page-3/#comment-1275665 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 02:13:56 +0000 http://cartreatments.com/?p=763#comment-1275665 I have a 2005 Toyota Tacoma that has about 190,000 miles on it. Seems like it’s lost a bit of power as it doesn’t spin the tires as it used to at a complete stop and acceleration has slowed. I’m thinking it’s just because it’s an older truck but is there a clear cause or fix. Was thinking air or fuel filter issue? I don’t know much about trucks but I like my cars functioning at 100% (which I know is rather rare without any tunes and such).

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By: Sean https://cartreatments.com/car-losing-power-when-accelerating/comment-page-3/#comment-1275591 Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:13:47 +0000 http://cartreatments.com/?p=763#comment-1275591 In reply to Hector O.

Is the check engine light on? How many miles does it have? When was the last time the spark plugs were replaced? Is it up to date on all its other maintenance?

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By: Hector O https://cartreatments.com/car-losing-power-when-accelerating/comment-page-3/#comment-1275433 Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:57:23 +0000 http://cartreatments.com/?p=763#comment-1275433 I have a Nissan Sentra 2018 Nismo and is loosing power while accelerating. I have to turn it off twice to make it work normal.

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By: Bernard https://cartreatments.com/car-losing-power-when-accelerating/comment-page-3/#comment-1274814 Sun, 16 Oct 2022 03:35:12 +0000 http://cartreatments.com/?p=763#comment-1274814 In reply to Chris.

I’m having a similar issue with my I30 I just started having issues when I hit 120km/h then it gradually got worse

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By: Marvin https://cartreatments.com/car-losing-power-when-accelerating/comment-page-3/#comment-1271288 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 18:36:56 +0000 http://cartreatments.com/?p=763#comment-1271288 My Citroen relay loses power leaving me just enough to get to hard shoulder. 45 minutes later it will start again and I can drive for weeks ,but it will happen again.
I have had new accelerator pedal fitted plus new fuel filter and engine air filter but neither were really bad.
I am challenging quite a few local mechanics who haven’t a clue and to be fair their diagnostic computer says nothing wrong? But there is.

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By: Domis https://cartreatments.com/car-losing-power-when-accelerating/comment-page-3/#comment-1271185 Wed, 28 Sep 2022 05:02:08 +0000 http://cartreatments.com/?p=763#comment-1271185 When i get on highway and i reach about 120kmh car loses power acceleration is very slow until i restart the car audi a4 1,9tdi

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By: Sean https://cartreatments.com/car-losing-power-when-accelerating/comment-page-3/#comment-1266225 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:42:50 +0000 http://cartreatments.com/?p=763#comment-1266225 In reply to Col.

I don’t know. Make sure all your regular maintenance is done like the air and fuel filters. You could do a compression test to check to make sure you don’t have a problem that’s leaving you down on power.

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