I second Mark's idea about the cat. I experienced symptoms the same as yours when the insides of a cat had broken loose and turned sideways. Larry A.
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 4:59 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > Have a mysterious power loss on my new engine overhaul. It has run fine > until two days ago. Now it won't pull your hat off your head. > > Engine runs fine. Starts easy, idle smoothly, runs smoothly at any rpm it > is capable of turning. There is no spitting, missing or backfire. Just > doesn't develop power to accelerate. Going up hill it just gets slower and > slower and slower, the rpm will drop to about 1500. Top speef is about 55 > mph. I han't checked the timing yet, but thats next. > > Suggestions??? > > John > |
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