HELP ME!!!! 1G troubles....

[19Eclipse90]

My dad drove my car to the city today and on his way home the car started driving like a turtle with downs syndrome. He said that it was extremely hard to get the car moving. He said the lower RPMs would misfire and accelerate very slowly, and after hitting 3.5 - 4 thousand it would accelerate normally. The idling RPMs were normal through the time. We have checked it out and we think it is the fuel injectors because below the fuel injectors there is a mixture of gasoline and water, the water we have no clue where it came from, and they all seem to be pretty used up and really lose. Anything you are willing to share on the subject is greatly appreciated.

Brian

Edit: Broken/burnt exhaust valve in cylinder number 3. See last post.

 

[dsmpartshunter]

Although you may have found an injector problem, it sure sounds like your timing belt skipped.

Does it barely idle (engine jerks all over the place) but smooths out at higher rpms and generally has low power? If so, could be a timing belt skip or a bad o2 sensor.

 

[supergoat]

My car does this too, but only every now and then. My timing belt is spot on though.

 

[Defiant]

Water's gotta come out of the cooling system, and the most probable leak -once you've decided all the heater hoses are okay- is the head gasket.
Pressure-test your cooling system.

 

[thehyena]

check all of your intake pipes, if there is a break anywhere it'll start doing that

 

[19Eclipse90]

After further inspection of the car, we have found that the second valve from the left/third from the right is not working properly. It has no compression while the others are exactly 185 lbs PSI each. When we took the spark plugs out to test the compression, there was a nasty hissing sound coming from around that area... we couldn't pinpoint it. We are going to check the timing to make sure it is correct and if it is, then the head gasket is blown and we will end up just rebuilding the head.

Edit: That's cylinder number 3. The problem ended up being a burnt/broken exhaust valve.