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Old Jul 24, 2001 | 11:30 PM
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Damn Autoshops!!

I sent my car in to get several leaks fixed and the a/c working. Now when i get my car back, i am slower than my friends toyota 4runner(very old, 234,000 miles!!!!!)

That was humiliating!! I can definetly feel power lose. The car takes for ever to reach 60 from a full stop, and is picks up speed very slowly.

I take teh car back again, and tell them, so they took a look, and they were stumped for several hours, they checked nearly every inch of teh car, and still have no idea!!

Anyone got any suggestions, or things i can check for(i dont know anything about cars, so if anyone has any idea, please use details

Thx alot!

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Old Jul 25, 2001 | 12:31 AM
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Dumb question..but..Are you running the car with the A/C on now? And did they have to take off the distributor to fix any leaks? They could have retarded the timing some..

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Old Jul 25, 2001 | 06:56 AM
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Thx for the advice, i'll have to look into it.

If anyone else got some tips, let me know.

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