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chadi · 09-12-2005, 08:44 AM

ok...i have a 1993...and i felt some acceleration problems this morning...when i was at a light i heard some knocking/vibration noises coming from my engine...i revved it up to about 3k rpm then nothing...no noises....but as i was on the on-ramp onto the highway..there was a major acceleration problem...i put in from 4th into 3rd...and the problem was still there...so i took my time getting onto the highway...but after driving on the highway for about 2.5 miles...my car started to bog...i put it from 5th into 4th..but still, no acceleration..about 1 mile after that i threw it into nuetral and the rpm dropped and it died on the highway....luckily it started back up...then i got off the highway and checked it out...there was a click/click/click/click/click/click noise coming from inside the motor...i turned it off then back on....it ran, but only at about 200rpm it normally ran at 900rpm... so i thought i could make it to school....but after a hill it died again...now it wont start...whats wrong...is it my spark plugs/wires...or ignition coil?? or something else...

rice · 09-12-2005, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by chadi

ok...i have a 1993...and i felt some acceleration problems this morning...when i was at a light i heard some knocking/vibration noises coming from my engine...i revved it up to about 3k rpm then nothing...no noises....but as i was on the on-ramp onto the highway..there was a major acceleration problem...i put in from 4th into 3rd...and the problem was still there...so i took my time getting onto the highway...but after driving on the highway for about 2.5 miles...my car started to bog...i put it from 5th into 4th..but still, no acceleration..about 1 mile after that i threw it into nuetral and the rpm dropped and it died on the highway....luckily it started back up...then i got off the highway and checked it out...there was a click/click/click/click/click/click noise coming from inside the motor...i turned it off then back on....it ran, but only at about 200rpm it normally ran at 900rpm... so i thought i could make it to school....but after a hill it died again...now it wont start...whats wrong...is it my spark plugs/wires...or ignition coil?? or something else...

check your battery, same thing kinda happened to me and it turned out to be a bad alternator, thus resulting in a dead battery, have your alternator and battery checked at ur local car shop, im pretty sure they wont charge you anything, good luck man

chadi · 09-12-2005, 11:40 AM

no...my radio stayed on...when he car died...

***REN69*** · 09-12-2005, 02:16 PM

Sounds like something is wrong with the motor... did you check your oil??

chadi · 09-13-2005, 08:12 AM

there was oil...and i asked my friend that worked at autozone...and he looked at the belt and told me that the motor "skipped time" and that my piston was hitting a valve...so i geuss its time for a new car...with 235000+ miles on...yea...probably got get another corolla though....

crockdaddy420 · 09-13-2005, 08:22 AM

Lease xrs or buy if you can

chadi · 09-13-2005, 08:29 AM

no shit.... i once drove my sisters s and fell in love with it...but then my oldest sister brought an xrs home....i was like DAMN....i love that car!...

hm...i dont know what took me so long to like it...i was always a honda prelude kid...but noww im a corolla man

tashirosgt · 09-13-2005, 09:31 AM

chadi,
What model engine does your 1993 have? We hear all these things about "non-interference" engines but your friend says that a piston is hitting a valve.

crockdaddy420 · 09-13-2005, 10:07 AM

Ya I don't think it is the piston hitting the valve, did the car overheat at all, I think it may be the head.

chadi · 09-13-2005, 10:08 AM

beats me...what ever engine came in it is the one thats in it....

and no the car didnt over heat...what about the head?

crockdaddy420 · 09-13-2005, 10:13 AM

Probally not the head would have noticed overheating.

chadi · 09-13-2005, 10:24 AM

you know what else it could be though... i really cant afford a new car... looking at some other sstuff today after school..maybe the timing belt...spark plugs/wires...or something

crockdaddy420 · 09-13-2005, 10:34 AM

When was the last time sparks and wires were replaced? Don't think it's that, usaully they don't go to the point of the car shits the bed, I had an acceleration problem in my old car, like you discribed, was fixed with sparks and wires. Although the car still ran before that.

crockdaddy420 · 09-13-2005, 10:34 AM

Does the car have a/c?

chadi · 09-13-2005, 10:42 AM

no a/c

and i have no clue when they were last changed...long ago...

awww...ok...took the car to the shop....i geuss there was a major oil leak and car go BOOM!... now im looking for a new car....* but yea...thanks everyone for trying to help

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