For awhile my car was nice. People would comment on how it looks nice, and drives nice. That was about a year ago now.

since then my car has had a clutch line go.
O2 sensor replaced (Apparently it was throwing a rich code).
The speedo is screwed (It's still accurate, but some times it will keep rising untill it's pointing downward at my mileage. after i restart my car it will go down about 40 Km/h)
It runs like crap. Periodically i start my car and it will just immeditly die. The majority of the time it runs like crap. It has a very noticeable loss of power.
My exaust sounds like garbage, Yes i have a fart can. And almost regret putting one on my car. Still it used to sound good. Now it just sounds annoying and like crap.
The shifting from first-second is very "Bumpy" but i would probably blame this on the running like crap.
My Coolant was low! My car has 50,000 miles on it. Is that normal?
I have taken care of my car to this point. Oil changes every 3-4 k miles. Transmission oil was changed at around 40 k miles. Yes they used ATF.
Any ideas what my problems could be?
Oh, I also have quite a large stereo.

When is the last time it had a tune-up?Take off the fart-can and try a cheaper Dynomax muffler



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NeedTurbo wrote:For awhile my car was nice. People would comment on how it looks nice, and drives nice. That was about a year ago now.

since then my car has had a clutch line go.
O2 sensor replaced (Apparently it was throwing a rich code).

Okay, the sensor possibly failed, you replaced the sensor I assume. Is the check engine light out now, or still on for the O2 sensoe?

NeedTurbo wrote:

The speedo is screwed (It's still accurate, but some times it will keep rising untill it's pointing downward at my mileage. after i restart my car it will go down about 40 Km/h)

Sounds like a bad cluster, not uncommon for these cars.

NeedTurbo wrote:
It runs like crap. Periodically i start my car and it will just immeditly die. The majority of the time it runs like crap. It has a very noticeable loss of power.

This could be casued by a ton of things. You would need a scan tool to monitor the sensors, and what exaclty the car is doing.

NeedTurbo wrote:
My exaust sounds like garbage, Yes i have a fart can. And almost regret putting one on my car. Still it used to sound good. Now it just sounds annoying and like crap.

NOT GMs fault, yours.

NeedTurbo wrote:
The shifting from first-second is very "Bumpy" but i would probably blame this on the running like crap.

Since you think its related, fix the running like crap, and then see if this goes away.

NeedTurbo wrote:
My Coolant was low! My car has 50,000 miles on it. Is that normal?

No, need a pressure done to it, to find a leak

NeedTurbo wrote:
I have taken care of my car to this point. Oil changes every 3-4 k miles. Transmission oil was changed at around 40 k miles. Yes they used ATF.

Cars still break, even though you maintain them

NeedTurbo wrote:
Any ideas what my problems could be?
Oh, I also have quite a large stereo.

Yes, see above





- 2004 Cavalier - 124k, owned since new