WTF is wrong with my car?

DANMax · Feb 17th, 2006, 11:01 PM

So my car is losing power and jerks sometimes while driving down the road. From a dead stop it will shake as I'm trying to take off and won't acccelerate like it should. And sometimes while already rolling if I step on it, it will go faster but at a slow pace as if it didn't have any power. Im guessing an O2 sensor, any suggestions?

***Jeff*** · Feb 18th, 2006, 12:13 PM

No cel?

I would think your knock sensor. Which Maxima is it? (95 or 98)

DANMax · Feb 18th, 2006, 05:10 PM

its a 98.....Its getting worse; check engine light was already on and now when I give it gas the check engine light blinks.

DANMax · Feb 18th, 2006, 06:01 PM

The autozone man pulled codes............knock sensor, torque converter, O2 sensor, cylinder 3 missfire and two other codes that he said the manuafacture hadto read b/c it wouldn't tell him what is was.......All this stuff sounds real expensive

seximagtr · Feb 18th, 2006, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by DANMax

The autozone man pulled codes............knock sensor, torque converter, O2 sensor, cylinder 3 missfire and two other codes that he said the manuafacture hadto read b/c it wouldn't tell him what is was.......All this stuff sounds real expensive

Knock sensor gets thrown on as a ghost code due to the o2 sensor code.

O2 sensor code went on because of the cylinder 3 misfire

Torque convertor means that you are fuxored.

Basically, fixing your misfire should fix half your problems. Start by diagnosing plug/injector/ coil on cylinder 3 and go from there.

DANMax · Feb 18th, 2006, 11:53 PM

To diagnos that I would have to take it to a mechanic, right?

**JNCoRacer** · Feb 19th, 2006, 03:02 PM

Torque converter? Isnt this like your 3rd tranny or something? You might want to lay off the neutral drops and manual shifting.

DANMax · Feb 19th, 2006, 06:34 PM

I don't do neutral drops, I just need some kind of unbreakable tranny; or maybe; or maybe a manual swap????????......does anyone know which is cylinder number 3?

**JNCoRacer** · Feb 20th, 2006, 09:50 AM

Its the one closest to your throttle body and IACV.

LIUSPEED · Feb 20th, 2006, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by DANMax

I don't do neutral drops, I just need some kind of unbreakable tranny; or maybe; or maybe a manual swap????????......does anyone know which is cylinder number 3?

unbreakable tranny try www.levelten.com