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no power
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 5:16 pm
by 09Viberator
our 2009 pontiac vibe has lost power going up hills and i have to downshift to 2nd gear to get power.... it has the 1.8 with about 35,000 miles plus we use 89 octane Arco gas
on another note, should i schedule for a tune up at the dealer? needs plugs, wires and cap, radiator flushed, and needs a new air filter as all of those are what we drove off the dealership lot with...
Re: no power
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:29 pm
by star_deceiver
Plugs are fine for another 65000 miles. You don't have a distributor or spark plug wires.
Antifreeze should be changed now as it's been 5 years. Air filter and cabin air filter are easy diy items that take 5 minutes. Maybe fun a small bottle of fuel injector cleaner through your next tank of gas.
Is your check engine light on?
Re: no power
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 6:54 pm
by Zimm
cleaning the MAF seems like a good place to start.
Re: no power
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2013 6:56 am
by Salsa Guy
I don't suggest cleaning the MAF. They are very tender devices and if not done right it will cost you $100 or more to replace it, just inspect it for any chunks of crap. Make sure you have the battery disconnected when fooling with it. Very rarely will cleaning the MAF do anything to improve the performance.
I assume the Check Engine Light isn't on. If not you may want to take it a parts store and have them read it for you anyway. Sometime the CEL light doesn't work. You may need to run some fuel system cleaner through it also.
Re: no power
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 5:22 pm
by Nasmfell
Have you had the hidden PCV valve and hose checked?
Re: no power
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:29 am
by 09Viberator
ok ya... does need to get the radiator flushed but that's easy to change i guess..... I will run some fuel injector cleaner on it's next gas up and will see how it runs, because as of now, in drive, the car needs the gas pedel down about half way to get any real power
Re: no power
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:30 am
by 09Viberator
Nasmfell wrote:Have you had the hidden PCV valve and hose checked?
no, I have not!
Re: no power
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:32 am
by 09Viberator
Salsa Guy wrote:I don't suggest cleaning the MAF. They are very tender devices and if not done right it will cost you $100 or more to replace it, just inspect it for any chunks of (removed). Make sure you have the battery disconnected when fooling with it. Very rarely will cleaning the MAF do anything to improve the performance.
I assume the Check Engine Light isn't on. If not you may want to take it a parts store and have them read it for you anyway. Sometime the CEL light doesn't work. You may need to run some fuel system cleaner through it also.
no light, just the Tire pressure monitor light when we have the snow tires on.