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Old 04-14-2009, 09:35 AM
1986nate 1986nate is offline
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Re: Low power and stalling

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Originally Posted by ironstomp View Post
what about the sensors under the intake manifold? my sisters svx is doing the same thing. when i took the manifold off i noticed one of the sensors broke then when i put it all back without the sensor, the car started to have the same symptoms. i still need to get them ordered...
That would probably be a knock sensor and if you remove one, it will cause the ecu to greatly retard the timing of the motor and cause it to run poorly as it is not getting the proper signal.
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