no power

[seaners173]

im not sure what wrong with my car, it usually starts but sometimes it takes awhile before it wil start. It is really lacking power when i drive and it wont let me rev it past 3500rpms it just starts to shudder, even when im parked and in nuetral it wont let me. i pulled out my sparks and found three of them covered in oil and one of them was fine. an ideas of whats wrong with it?

[superbluecivicsi]

check spark plug O ring gaskets.............leaking? valve cover gasket too while your at it. not burning oil? color of smoke out of exhaust?

give a compression test while your at it.

[src21k]

first off what type of engine is it.

then what were you doing when it started were you driving or was it sitting there and just started

[seaners173]

Originally Posted by superbluecivicsi

check spark plug O ring gaskets.............leaking? valve cover gasket too while your at it. not burning oil? color of smoke out of exhaust?

give a compression test while your at it.

I dont know how to check the spark plug o ring gaskets or the valve cover gasket it might be burning oil cause ive been goin through alot of it, the last day it hasnt really been starting so its hard to check the exuast i push started it a couple of times

[seaners173]

Originally Posted by src21k

first off what type of engine is it.

then what were you doing when it started were you driving or was it sitting there and just started

im not sure what type it is whatever engine the special edition hatch back had its the 16 valve one. every once in awhile it would start very good it would take me a while then i was out somewhere at it just would start so some boddys of mine push started it and as soon as we got it started we had though problems, its gettin harder to start it now

[superbluecivicsi]

hows the plug o gaskets? your not getting oil into the combustion chamber? it will jack up your rings and lose compression. losing enough compression will cause your engine to run like sh!t.

are you burning oil?

oil on your plugs? figure where they are coming from. thats step one.

[therealrayman]

its the head gasket, gotta be if hes got oil on the plugs and burnin oil. Your engine chugs real heavy though and gives ya starting problems too, so i'd take it to a shop and have em take a look, but i got 10 on the gasket.