1998 Engine Light came on, after poor performance

112,000 MILES • 4 CYL • FWD • MANUAL
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LOTUSFLOWER007
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The engine light can on recently on a weekend trip. The car, well it sound like it's coming from the top of the engine, and it's associated with the values, my dad didn't notice any difference in the sound or idle. It wasn't running overly hot.
It runs like their not enough oil in the engine, but yet their is enough oil when it's checked and it's been recently inspected,and had a recent oil change and nothing has been noticed. It does run rough. it feels like theirs not enough pressure from the muffler to the engine, and that the power is being lost in the rpms, It's all suttle and noone but me notices the changed in the performance of the vehicle. Their is a slight tick in the valvues, it's a longer and deep sound. It a saftly issue to me, because now I cannot accelerate fast enough to keep up with traffic around town. On the way back from our trip, I had people tailgatting me, and flipping me off because I was going the speed limit on the back road
Aug 17, 2008 at 12:26 PM
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KHLOW2008
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Hi lotusflower007,

Get a free scan done at your local Autozone outlet and come back with the exact code.

We will see what needs to be done.
Aug 18, 2008 at 3:41 AM
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