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Well i just got my ka in and drove it today, drove fine at first then it just lost power... Put it in first gear and pressed gas pedal to the floor and it luanched extremely slow... Shifted to second gear abd wouldnt get passed 1900rpms... So i keep going like this and my leg start to heat up, then smoke comes out from the engine bay... I pop it open and my headers r glowing extemely bright red... Check oil and radiator fluid... Oil is okay, rad. fluid needed more... So there i go try to go again and once again i step on the gas and it starts off ever so slowly... Second gear stays at 1900rpms and wont go past that... Once again leg heats up and its my headers again... So what could b the problem? Any help would b appreciated...

Also it idles at 500rpm

Check the timing

lean as f#ck. also warped head/header flange letting oxygen in, making the exhaust waaaaay hotter than it should most likely warping anything aluminum (head), burned a valve, who knows... ouch

and ya check timing. could be waaaaaay too advanced

But y wont it go past 1900rpms? What could that b?

Timing for the 3rd time lol. Take a glance at your distributor.

your cat converter is clogged. check ignition system. ignition misfire leads to raw fuel burning in the cat, causing the cat to melt and clog. replace the cat with a test pipe and diagnose the cause of the raw fuel in the exhaust system. do not put a good cat back in till you fix the problem. good luck.

Do you have a o2 sensor? Timing for the fourth time

my money is on that you're running lean as f#ck too. i would check timing for the 5th time, and fuel pressure, pull the plugs, etc. what did your water temp gauge say when this was going down, lol? glwf.

Alright so i did the timing and it still idles at 500rpms... All my temp gauge said it was good...also did spark plugs which was somewhat helpful... Throttle also feels sloppy

For future reference, especially after major work it's never a good idea to down shift and put the pedal to the metal when something like that happens. If the car is mis-timed or running lean that's a good way to have some major damage...

^this^
Have you looked into the cat being clogged?

I didn't put he pedal to the metal I slowly accelerated to as I normally would... I took my old exhuast off and am waiting to get my exhuast manifold and exhuast etc. .

It wont rev over 1900rpms? Fuel ratios are off?

Check MAF

MAF worked fine on my old ka

like gfo12ce said you definately do not want to keep trying to get a car to speed up when its running like that. I hope you didnt warp anything doing that twice.

Check timing for sure.

Don't assume anything, just because a part worked in a previous engine, doesn't mean it's wired up properly here...

Check your wiring ... if for no other reason then to be able to say "i did check my mafs wiring, and it was working within normal parameters" << insert Lt. Data Voice

clogged cat had that same experience w/ my sentra back in h.s, i was broke so straight pipe for a few months or just for kicks take the cat off and start the car it's gonna be fucking loud but see if your rpms improve.

I hope I didn't warp anything either... i waant flooring the car when this was happening obviously... my whole exhaust system is off and still ideals at 500rpms... alright ill check my maf...

Alright so a new problem may have occurred... today I turned on the car and let it run for 5mins or so.. then I turned it off... when to turn it off 20mons later cuz I was gonna check some stuff out on it and as soon as I turned the key it turned on and then turned off 1 second later... this happened teice .. i didnt try to turn it on after. .what else can this b?

I have no idea what you just said...?

Perform a compression test.

In case you don't know what that is:

Google

Its most Likely your mass airflow sensor if it’s not that you’re timing is off I know from experience that if you have a bad or dirty mass airflow sensor your car goes in to limp mode and will not let you rev past past 2000 RPMs

Wow, everyone from zilvia won’t need a time machine, since you keep bringing shit up from the past




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