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Question: engine barely accelerating

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dodsonfam, 2.0L 4 Cylinder, Smelterville, ID, July 18, 2009, 02:31
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just bought a 1990 camry dx and It barely goes when I push the petal until the rpms are way up but I have to feather it to get up there

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    patrick mannion from Greg Solow's Engine Room, July 19, 2009, 17:38
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    If the car has a manual transmission is the clutch worn out? Do you smell a burned out clutch smells like burning brakes? Likewise if automatic transmission perhaps the transmission is failing check the automatic transmission fluid level.
    I wonder if the fuel filter is clogged or the fuel pump cannot supply enough volume of fuel? Could have a slipped timing belt or a restriction in the exhaust (plugged up catalytic converter).

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    ccourier512002 December 13, 2009, 08:30
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    Even though you bought this car around five months ago and if i was on this site then. I would have told you TO WALK AWAY FAST. We both have the same year, make, model and engine. Mine ahs been a piece of junk. I have to keep it for the time being and that is i have put in so much money.

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    Visitor, October 21, 2010, 18:43

    check the oxygen sensor.

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