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NV Racer Verified Driver
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I have a issue with my '90 Daily driver. The engine has a dramatic loss of power. Parked in garage running fine next morning no power. I checked timing, set correctly advances when applying throttle. Checked TPS responds to off-idle and WOT. Changed out AFM. Checked fuel pressure. Checked cam timing. Checked compression, pulled each injector plug all cylinders drop same rpm at idle. There is no cat, have bypass tube in place. No noticeable miss idles fine. Not sure where to look next.
Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Dennis

Chris Haldeman
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rag or animal sucked into air box inlet or tube from afm to throttle body?

David Dewhurst
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Vacuum leak.

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NV Racer Verified Driver
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quote:
Originally posted by Chris Haldeman:
rag or animal sucked into air box inlet or tube from afm to throttle body?
Ding! Ding! Ding!
I pulled the air box cover the area below the filter was completely filled to the brim with cat food. Lesson learned. I will be setting mouse traps in the garage that was one busy mouse or mice.

Thanks, Dennis
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d mathias Verified Driver Made Donation to Website
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Cat is obviously not pulling its weight.

Chris Haldeman
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That's awesome lol there is enough food in there for a year. Glad it was simple.

MPR22
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quote:
Originally posted by NV Racer:
quote:
Originally posted by Chris Haldeman:
rag or animal sucked into air box inlet or tube from afm to throttle body?
Ding! Ding! Ding!
I pulled the air box cover the area below the filter was completely filled to the brim with cat food. Lesson learned. I will be setting mouse traps in the garage that was one busy mouse or mice.

Thanks, Dennis
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Cat is clearly colluding with rats/mice. Where is the dog, to watch over the cat?

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Michael Ross

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A good reason to install an aftermarket intake [Smile]
No place for those rats to hide the food.

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Gale Corley
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Muda Verified Driver Made Donation to Website
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quote:
Originally posted by NV Racer:
There is no cat
Time to get one then.
Shouldn't be much of a problem as you're already feeding it. [Wink]

They get into my old pickup every year.
Do moth balls help?

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Jeff Longo Verified Driver Made Donation to Website
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Moth sez ouch

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Danny Steyn Verified Driver
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That is one productive and forward thinking mouse! Much respect and admiration!!

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tony senese Verified Driver
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Mice love miata's, I once took a baby for a 300 mile ride to Pocono and one session on the track before I found and saved the little critter.... I won the NASA-NE PETA award for that......

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Michael53
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...yeah, but I had one pass while residing in a rocker panel. As if the stench wasn't bad enough, it would have been less work prepping a donor for another spec than the level of disassembly my street miata underwent! My garage now stocks enough rat poison to be an EPA hazard.

iambhooper
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quote:
Originally posted by tony senese:
Mice love miata's, I once took a baby for a 300 mile ride to Pocono and one session on the track before I found and saved the little critter.... I won the NASA-NE PETA award for that......
This!

While crewing for a friend who was running the VIR 13 hour ( a few year's back), we found a stow away hiding in the door. On the next pit stop, another one litteraly fell out of the car and was laying on pit road (after the car left)!

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hoop
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'06 RSX Type S

Randy Thieme
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I had a half dozen mice fall out of my car once. And the little exercise wheel did nothing for my top speed at the end of the straights. Dangnab push-to-pass.

   

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