Mitsubishi: Loss of power

In the mornings, is your car easy or hard to start ??, 1991 Laser had a few
problems here in Australia with bad engine rings. Owning a KB series, the
rings wore out with-in 10 years, I would test your compression to check.
Could be several things.

Peter
Australia
"Nirodac" <com> wrote in message
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Double check the timing marks and make sure you didn't retard the timing a
tooth. As for the cat, it's possible, but not likely. The way to test them
is to get the car hot and read the temperature of the pipe in and out of the
cat. If there is a large difference (out is colder), it is clogged.

--
Todd Honea

"Nirodac" <com> wrote in message
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It is possible but loss of power, especially on hills, sounds like a fuel
pump, fuel filter, or evaporative emission problem. To check for the later
(the least likely) try going up the hill with the gas cap off. TG

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"Nobody U. Know" <com> wrote in
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Well I checked the timing. There appeared to be two marks, and one was
right on a 5 degrees. But after much looking, it might be that it was just
a flake of paint.
If I read the mark correctly (it isn't much of a mark) the reading is about
10 degrees ATDC, with the test point grounded, and TDC ungrounded. The
mark appears off the stationary guage , toward the firewall side of the
engine. So if my timing is retarded, which way do I move the sprocket.
Would that be one tooth clockwise.

Would 10 degrees affect performance that much, and is ten degrees really
one tooth.

Coincidently, the "flex" portion of the exhaust pipe, between the exhuast
manifold and the cat, has spung a significant leak. With the pipe off I'll
be able to look into the cat.

Thanks for the help so far.