Sluggish after warmed up

by **gnegroni** » Tue May 12, 2009 8:20 pm

Differential Diagnosis people:

What systems could be affected by raised temperatures? What could be causing the car to behave as if its overheated?

by **jstarone** » Thu May 14, 2009 5:31 pm

D-money wrote:I know i gained back a lot of power when i did a tune up -plugs, wires, fuel filter,air filter and if you haven't cleaned the throttle body now is a good time. id help ya if you lived closer i love working on cars

I'm going to do that soon when I actually have a couple days that im not working and everything, right now I have two jobs, but thats going to end soon. Plus my other car should be sold soon so that will be nice to get out of the way.

gnegroni wrote:Differential Diagnosis people:

What systems could be affected by raised temperatures? What could be causing the car to behave as if its overheated?

I have no idea, but where it happens when its warm thats kind of what I was thinking about. I just don't know what to start looking at... Do you have any ideas?

by **PXLpainter** » Thu May 14, 2009 6:36 pm

solara90 wrote:im pretty sure any car when its cold will be a little sluggish

Read the post - he said it gets sluggish AFTER the car has warmed up.

by **gfryhtsn** » Thu May 14, 2009 6:49 pm

my 05 does that too... Once it has warmed up a bit its really sluggish and does not want to shift gears...One time it even redlined trying to shift into 3rd... Does anyone out there know what might be causing this? Ive taken it to toyota and they charged me 400.00 to reset the computer saying it was just the VVTI adjusting itself

by **solara90** » Fri May 15, 2009 3:29 pm

have you checked your tranny fluid if its low it will hesitate to shift gears

gfryhtsn wrote:my 05 does that too... Once it has warmed up a bit its really sluggish and does not want to shift gears...One time it even redlined trying to shift into 3rd... Does anyone out there know what might be causing this? Ive taken it to toyota and they charged me 400.00 to reset the computer saying it was just the VVTI adjusting itself

by **gnegroni** » Sun May 17, 2009 2:30 pm

gfryhtsn wrote:my 05 does that too... Once it has warmed up a bit its really sluggish and does not want to shift gears...One time it even redlined trying to shift into 3rd... Does anyone out there know what might be causing this? Ive taken it to toyota and they charged me 400.00 to reset the computer saying it was just the VVTI adjusting itself

So, was it fixed after the $400 injection?

by **gfryhtsn** » Mon May 25, 2009 12:57 pm

Ive checked the fluid, had the fluid flushed...Nothing helps...And sad to say the 400 dollar trip to the dealer did NOTHING

by **gnegroni** » Mon May 25, 2009 4:26 pm

gfryhtsn wrote:Ive checked the fluid, had the fluid flushed...Nothing helps...And sad to say the 400 dollar trip to the dealer did NOTHING

I believe if you paid $400, you should have your car fixed. If not, complain to the BBB.

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