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beans33
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Still not to sure whats up with my car.. new rebiuld and it runs like crap. No power but dirveable, I took the frcnt cover off and both cams and crank pulley line up with thier marks. I also re checked all my grounds like dee said. Any more suggestions would help thanks


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Help us out and tell us excatly what it is doing.

Check:GroundsCheck engine lightsSpark plugs

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jt15833
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Car: 95' 240SX
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any codes? boost pressure? check for compression?

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Whenever you've got a problem like this, you guys have GOT to let us know if you've got any codes or not.

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beans33 wrote:Still not to sure whats up with my car.. new rebiuld and it runs like crap. No power but dirveable, I took the frcnt cover off and both cams and crank pulley line up with thier marks. I also re checked all my grounds like dee said. Any more suggestions would help thanks
In some instances this has been the case. You can do everything right and the car still runs like crapola. I experienced this before and I did everything possible to make it run right. The engine was just lazy as hell and I knew it wasn't something I did because I took the set-up off my other sentra and out everything into the one that was giving me issues and it still did the same thing which was show me the boost, but didn't produce the power; almost as if the timing wasn't advancing.

I got tired of playing with the stock stuff, so I bought me a used SDS and learned how to do my own tuning and it ultimately solved the problem. I'm not telling you to do this, but if your problem persists and you've checked the codes and did everything possible, you may want to consider changing your engine management. Just a suggestion...........

Dee


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