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01-09-2006, 12:10 PM | #1 |
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Car will not Rev Up, help please
When I start my 97 outback, it will not accelerate to higher RPMs when it is cold. after it warms it will start to accelerate but when i put the car in gear it will not accelerate enough to move the car. this car has 176,000 miles on it. 2.2 engine
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01-09-2006, 12:27 PM | #2 |
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what kind of transmission? when did you last change the oil, spark plugs, air filter, coil pack, and spark plug wires? Have you put any gasline deicer in your tank recently?
If the answer to any of those are 'I dont know' then replace them, and then report back. If its an automatic then you should try a change in transmission fluid |
01-09-2006, 12:36 PM | #3 |
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all have been changed except coil pack (?) and changing tranny fluid. what is a coil pack?
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01-09-2006, 01:27 PM | #4 | |
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Any CEL's? Anything done to it recently? Does the car do anything else while it won't rev up? (like back fire, rough idle....) |
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01-10-2006, 08:16 AM | #5 |
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no back fires, or rough idle, when started it idles at low RPMs until warm, then will rev up until put into gear.
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01-10-2006, 10:45 AM | #6 |
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So when you physically press the gas the RPMs will not raise when its cold? And then when its warm the RPMs jump up (on their own) but when you put it in drive it will not go?
If it revs with your throttle intput, but simply won't drive, I would bet its tranny fluid. If it doesn't rev at all and doesn't drive at all, then I don't know. But if it is firing fine, I doubt it is the coil pack. Silly question, is the throttle cable connected? Maybe try revving it from the motor instead of the cabin (its the bronze L shaped thing to the right where your air intake plumbing comes into the intake manifold). |
01-10-2006, 11:10 AM | #7 |
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when warm, i press gas and it Revs until put in gear, then will not rev enough to move the car, have decided to buy a "maxflo" (i think thats the right word) and a coil pack. both came off an engine with 20,000 miles and they were cheap. another idea is the catyllitick converter is clogged badly.
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01-10-2006, 01:08 PM | #8 |
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could be a bad front 02 sensor. My00 RS had that same problem when my front 02 went out. The car would idle but it will not rev pass 3k rpm, as the car warms up i can rev higher, but if im in neutral, i can't rev pass 5k RPM, when i drive i can rev it up to redline. i just replaced the front 02 sensor and it fixed my problem. Except i had a check engine light....so if you do have a check engine light, that could be your problem.
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01-10-2006, 02:47 PM | #9 |
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well if it will rev when the transmission is not engaged, but not when the transmission is, then i think it would be a transmission problem, sounds like it is freezing up on your kinda...tranny fluid? it sounds like it is sludging or something
does it rev freely when it is disengaged? like can you bounce of redline and move it around as you please? |
01-11-2006, 08:11 AM | #10 |
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no, when cold, it will not rev at all, eliminating the tranny.
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01-11-2006, 05:11 PM | #11 |
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fuel filter, fuel pressure regulator, fuel pump in that order. JMO Ed
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01-12-2006, 02:36 PM | #12 |
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Sounds to me like it could be something with the trasmission. Maybe the car is stuck in a high gear?
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01-12-2006, 03:35 PM | #13 |
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Throttle position sensor?
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