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My car has issues 700 1985

posted by  someone claiming to be John K. on  Wed Nov 15 13:00 CST 2000 [RELATED]

Hi!

I was going up a long hill on the highway today, and my 740 Turbo Intercooler won't even go over 120 KPH up the hill. I put it into 2nd gear to try to speed up a bit (A cheap Honda Prelude was gaining on me!) I looked at the temp guage and it was under 1/2, and it was jittering back and forth. As soon as it went back into 3rd gear, the temp guage went back up (not all the way to 1/2) and was steady!

The car sucks on the highway but seems to accelerate pretty fast on normal roads. If I put the pedal to the metal, it really has no power, (especially on the highway) the turbo goes near red, but no extra power is gained.

What is the deal with my car!?





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