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Car loses power at 3500 rpm's
Chevrolet Cavalier 2004 2.2 ECOTECH 86000 miles
When driving and rpm reaches 3500 loses speed
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CommentAccelerating and power loss
Chevrolet Cavalier 1997 200000 miles
Hi everyone, I have an automatic Cavalier 97 2.2 engine and my problem is that, when driving over 40 mph, the car starts having an accelerating failure: revolutions reach and go over 3000 per minute but the vehicle won't develop that speed. I need to reduce the speed until revolutions come back to normal, but again when I want to drive over 40 mph, the false acceleration appears. I've been told the cause of my problem can either be the gearbox or that the injectors are stuck or dirty. When the car loses power or it won't change gears, I need to stop the engine and start it again for it to work properly. Does anyone have an idea what can be happening to my car? Thanks.
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It must be a gearbox failure. In order to check whether it is this or not, you should tune the car up, change the oil and the filter. You need to check the oil's color and if there are some little metal pieces coming along with it. If it is a soft red or slightly dark, there is no problem with it, it only needs to be tuned. But if it really dark or brownish and with the metal pieces I mentioned previously, it means your vehicle needs to be repaired and the transmission changed. Hope it helps!
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