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Car losing power

  • 06-03-2014 12:10pm
    #1
    eos008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭


    hi ive a vauxhall astra mk4 ive had it now for the past 2 years , it has been my first car. but has giving me bother now it has started to drop power after 2nd 3rd gear the revs go up then just drop , dont know what the problem is with it. any help with solving it


Comments

  • #2
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,364 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    In all fairness it could be a number of things. You need to bring it to a garage with diagnostic equipment and have any fault codes logged by the car's computer read.


  • #3
    eos008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭eos008


    i have brought it to the garage twice but they didnt find anything wrong.


  • #4
    renofan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 866 ✭✭✭renofan


    Does it happen all the time or now and again? If it's now and again it may be hard to trace and you could ask if you can leave it with the garage for a mechanic to drive for a week or so? If it's there all the time it should be easy enough for a competent mechanic to find the problem I would imagine. Is it an opel garage you went to?


  • #5
    88manta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭88manta


    Was it dealer level equipment?

    should be some fault logged.

    post the county you're in and someone here might help


  • #6
    corsav6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭corsav6


    Diesel or petrol?


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  • #7
    eos008
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3 ✭eos008


    its petrol, mechanic said it could be the clutch going


  • #8
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    Well if it's the clutch, the engine will race rather than lose power.

    Best person to solve it is that Mechanic not a load of dubious strangers on Boards.


  • #9
    martinr5232
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,298 ✭✭✭martinr5232


    eos008 wrote: »
    its petrol, mechanic said it could be the clutch going

    You really need a second opinion because if thats the best diagnosis your so called mechanic can come up with hes not very good.

    A clutch is either gone or its not it doesnt come and go.

    Might be better off going to a dealer and having an hours diagnostic chances are they have seen the problem before.


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