hey, i have a 96 civic coupe, dx..lately i have been having trouble acelerating and getting going...it is sluggish so to speak...i used to be able to take 1'st gear to about 40...then second to about 80 if i was pushing it...now....my gas basically cuts out at 30, then again at 60...and i am being forced to change gears...i have trouble going up hills, and so on...its pissing me off and more importantly its pissing other drivers off, could it be a bad tank of gas??....fuel filter??..fuel pump??...any suggestions are welcome or if you have experianced it in the past..please let me know
Thanks for your help

 

sounds like it's time for a tune up

 

what do you consider tune-up...spark plugs...or like 02 sensors and stuff...i just did plugs and wires around x-mas...itgs completely possible that it requires it again..but seriously what are the chances..not hard to pull a plug though..gues i can try that out

 

hmm

for me a tune up consists of

oem parts

plugs, wire, cap & rotor, fresh oil change, pcv valve, air filter,

When was the last time you changed out your fuel filter?

 

fuel filter was dona last june, so coming up on a year, oem plugs and wires were done around x-mas, oil change wouldn't cause this..pcv valve..possibly, has a short ram intake, that is about 4 months old, so theres nothing wrong with the filter

 

Could be, and probably is bad gas.
I'd get to a station asap and put in as much as possible. Maybe drop in a bottle of injector cleaner as well.

Pull a plug or 2, check them out.

Is there engine noise? Knock or ping?

When did you notice the problem? After a fill up? Was it sudden or did it come on slowly?

 

came slowly, put new gas in last night...hoping that was the problem, didn't fix it...today was even worse...sluggish and bogging down..anyway..turned out it was the cat plugged...so if anyone has similar symptons...get that checked out..thanks to all for your help

 

I was just going to say.. I would check for a clogged cat.

Glad you found the problem

 

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