needafix
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- Nov 17, 2004
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Salt Lake City,
Utah
First of all this is all new to me. I'm not a big car guy but I bought a 93 Talon because I thought it was a good deal and it seemed to run well, this was back in May. I haven't had any problems until today.
It was cold this morning (26 degrees) and I let my car warm up for about 3 minutes and then started going. I live a short distance from the main road and it seemed to do fine on that went up to about 30 mph. When I got onto the main road again I got up to about 30 mph and then when the car shifted I lost power. The turbo was not engaging, boost was not registering, and I got up to 5000 rpm without accelerating much. I took side roads to work and never tried to go faster than 35 mph.
Is my turbo dead?
Am I going to need major repair?
Any help would be appreciated. Again I'm not a car guy so don't get to technical.
Thanks.
It was cold this morning (26 degrees) and I let my car warm up for about 3 minutes and then started going. I live a short distance from the main road and it seemed to do fine on that went up to about 30 mph. When I got onto the main road again I got up to about 30 mph and then when the car shifted I lost power. The turbo was not engaging, boost was not registering, and I got up to 5000 rpm without accelerating much. I took side roads to work and never tried to go faster than 35 mph.
Is my turbo dead?
Am I going to need major repair?
Any help would be appreciated. Again I'm not a car guy so don't get to technical.
Thanks.