not sure whats wrong with my car but it seems to be acting funny, sometimes i turn it on and drive and it runs really smooth, the gears change nice and i feel power kick in right away, but other times it feels heavy and when i shift i have to push the gas in more than other times, my clutch isnt that old, i got a cold air intake and forge DV and when it runs smooth, when ilet go of the gasi hear the shhhhhh, when it runs crappy i drive and hold the gas and before i shift and let go of the gas i hear the shhhhhh, anybody have an idea of the problem?

 

get ur fault codes read

 

thats the thing, there isnt any. plugs are good too

 

how does ur turbo sound? does it idle ok too?

 

do u mean there isn't any CEL or there isn't any fault codes? cause sometimes fault codes are stored without triggering a CEL.

car might just need a tune up. new plugs, fuel filter, fluid flushes, etc...you can also seafoam it to see if that helps

 

did a tune up not too long ago, when the car runs fine i can hear the turbo spool up really nice, when it runs like crap i can still hear the turbo but not as loud and i have to give it more gas, no CEL and no codes, i have the scanner and shows nothing, not sure if it has anything to do with it but the other day i went over a rugged part of the street and my ABS light turned on then off, could it be a caliper stuck and slowing down my car? as far as the car running good then bad is a daily thing, it changes all the time.

 

could it be a possibility that its in Limp mode? i also noticed when it drives crappy, i feel jerks or something when turbo starts spooling.

 

if it were in limp mode, it would be all the time and you would definitely know. a geo metro could probly beat you in a race

 

hummmm, most of the time it drives crappy, a geo metro probably could beat me, then other times its just too smooth, im guessing i drive my car about 15 times a week and i would say about 13 out of 15 times it drives like crap then all of a sudden it kicks in smooth. ive been trying to trouble shoot the prob but cant figure it out.

 

another thing i forgot to mention is that i have 18's with lo pro tires and i got a flat on Sunday, i have the donut on still, would that damage anything, i probably wont get the new tire til tomorrow, i know thats not the prob though, the prob has been going on for about 4 months.