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Old 09-23-12, 11:56 PM
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Question 1992 sc400 lack of power

I recently bought another sc400 for $1400 I was told it needs a new tranny mount and engine mount has a stock intake with a round aftermarket filter at the end power steering is leaking and I am wondering of this is causing the lack of power in my sc when I hit the gas it accelerates fast then when It shifts into second gear it's super slow and sluggish any ideas
Bad tranny
Clogged cats
Intake dirty?!?
Old 09-24-12, 05:53 AM
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If the motor is fine in first gear but not second then chances are its tranny ecu/hardware issues. Hard to tell without feeling the sc do it. Take a vid
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It has to be your tranny, but I would do a preventive maintenance since you just bought the car there are other things need to be addressed as well. Like plugs and wires, I would pull ther come filter off and replace it with the stock box with bf( you also probly lost your torque in the second gear because of that. Also I would flush the tranny completely first before I would spend $$ in the j yard for another one
Is your cel on?
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Update I recently got a new air filter with a cell cleaned my TPS sensor and got second gear back still runs a little rough I'm thinking the intake mani is dirty due to the other air filter being super soaked in oil from the powersteering
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How did oil from the power steering get on the air filter?

Did you figure it out?
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Originally Posted by 1992Lexus
How did oil from the power steering get on the air filter?

Did you figure it out?
Oil from the powersteering hose that was leaking got into the air filter cause there was no filter cell
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