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My 142 does not rev past 4000rpms 140-160

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posted by  JohnMc on  Sat Mar 26 15:26 CST 2005
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One time when my 145E had sat for a few weeks (college car) I tried to start it. It would start right up and die within seconds. Did this over and over. I finally got gfed up with it and floored it as soon as it fired. Heard a *BANG* and it revved up and began to run normally. I looked behind the car and found a huge pile of gasoline soaked rust and fiberglass - the erstwhile contents of one of the mufflers.

Another time my VW's coil pack started shorting out a couple of cyinders at 80 mph on the freeway in a heavy rain. I had the cruise on, and the VR6 is smooth enough I didn't really notice the pedal sink down further to make up the difference. But the catalytic convertor sure noticed the unburnt gas being dumped into the exhaust - it melted down and dumped its core back into the middle muffler, leaving only a tiny little hole. Until I got that fixed the car would pull pretty well up to about 3000 rpm, then start fading to the point it wouldn't go past 4000 with it floored in first.
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