PLEASE HELP A LAYMAN!!
Seen other posts similar to this, but don't understand what people are talking about. I am not super technical with car stuff, but I want to learn to be. I can do basic maintenance, and small repairs. Layman's terms would be great. Thanks.
I have a 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege, just got it a few months ago.
Since I got it, anytime I approach 3000 RPM's the engine gets real sluggish. It seems like when the turbo kicks in I loose power. I can downshift and get the RPM's up around 4-5000 and its better. Also, I notice that if i push in the clutch a bit as I gas it the sluggishness goes away as well.
A month or so after I got the protege the clutch went dead on me, and I replaced the Master and Slave Cylinder and it fixed the problem, but still having issues with the sluggish engine when i drive.
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A better attempt to explain then above taken from one of my posts below:
Now that I have more time and not using my phone to respond I will try to explain my problem better. Sometimes (not all the time, but more often then not) when I am shifting I get into 3rd (or higher) gear and as the RPM's reach ~3000, I hear the turbo spin up, but I do not feel any boost at all. The engine is sluggish, and sometimes car will shake a bit until I shift up or down. If I shift down, I do get good power from the car and it accelerates as it should (this would be in the 4-5000 and up on RPM's). It just seems that as I drive and the Turbo kicks in, I am not seeing and real power from it. As I said in an earlier post its like i am going up a steep hill in too high of a gear and the car is struggling to keep power up.
Any info would be great!!
Seen other posts similar to this, but don't understand what people are talking about. I am not super technical with car stuff, but I want to learn to be. I can do basic maintenance, and small repairs. Layman's terms would be great. Thanks.
I have a 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege, just got it a few months ago.
Since I got it, anytime I approach 3000 RPM's the engine gets real sluggish. It seems like when the turbo kicks in I loose power. I can downshift and get the RPM's up around 4-5000 and its better. Also, I notice that if i push in the clutch a bit as I gas it the sluggishness goes away as well.
A month or so after I got the protege the clutch went dead on me, and I replaced the Master and Slave Cylinder and it fixed the problem, but still having issues with the sluggish engine when i drive.
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A better attempt to explain then above taken from one of my posts below:
Now that I have more time and not using my phone to respond I will try to explain my problem better. Sometimes (not all the time, but more often then not) when I am shifting I get into 3rd (or higher) gear and as the RPM's reach ~3000, I hear the turbo spin up, but I do not feel any boost at all. The engine is sluggish, and sometimes car will shake a bit until I shift up or down. If I shift down, I do get good power from the car and it accelerates as it should (this would be in the 4-5000 and up on RPM's). It just seems that as I drive and the Turbo kicks in, I am not seeing and real power from it. As I said in an earlier post its like i am going up a steep hill in too high of a gear and the car is struggling to keep power up.
Any info would be great!!
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