96 1.3 probs

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I still don't know what's wrong with this thing. Put in a new timing belt(which didn't look bad),new plugs,and all the cylinders around 125lbs. Thought I had found the problem yesterday when I changed the fuel filter and the old one was clogged,but the car still runs the same. Have to hold the gas halfway for it to run. After it warms up it will idle(roughly),but if you give it more than half throttle it will die. The thing has NO power and it won't rev over 1000 rpms. In short the thing will barely run and poorly. It started this when I was driving and it would loose power. It would barely pull itself from a stop untill it would finally get above 2200 rpms or so then the car would jerk forward and suddenly drive normal with normal power. Every stop meant taking off like that though. FINALLY I parked it one night and the thing wouldn't start the next day. After new plugs and timing belt I got it to start,but it runs like stated above,and won't pull itself a foot..lol. I guess I could change the cap,rotor,and wires but they don't look bad and I'm tired of wasting money. It sounds like a fuel/air...throttlebody problem. The car doesn't really miss like ignition...but the plugs look like their getting gas fouled. I am stumped. The car only has 57,000 miles and I'm hoping it's something simple. I put it on one of those autozone scanners and all it said was I had a bad egr leak..that wouldn't make it run like this though would it..? SOMEONE HELP CUZ I'M GOING

[dayle1960]

plugged cat??

[2zpoint]

Originally Posted by dayle1960

plugged cat??

nope...unplugged the header from the exhaust already to try that.. still ?

[geozukigti]

well, 125psi across the board is very low. Stock is around 185psi. Anything below 150psi would be considered poor. Try pouring a little 10w30 in each spark plug hole, then run a compression check with the oil in the cylinder. If the compression jumps, your rings are toast. if it stays the same, you need a valve job, or you have a blown headgasket, or cracked head. Take off your valve cover, and see if there is any milky residue in the head, and valve cover. Also, when you start the car, pull the radiator cap before it warms up, and see if you notice any bubbles in the radiator. Also, does your engine have a MAP sensor? It could have moisture caught in it, and it could be sending out bad readings.