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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 08:56 AM
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Last night i was driving my 8 and i noticed that i was giving it gas and it was accelerating so slow in third gear, and my tac wasnt going up....like 10 minutes later my oil light came on, i added oil and its fine now, but that was def weird...anyone know what was happening, besides the fact that my oil was low....
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 10:19 AM
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Maybe the car went into some sort of "limp" mode when it sinced the low oil. Anyone?
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 10:21 AM
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i've read on posts that the engine is having flooding problems but i dont know what the effect of that problem so i was concerned that may be happening...i hope that doesnt seem stupid, i just really dont know
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 10:43 AM
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Had you just spin out, or over revved, or anything else? How low was low on oil? 1 quart or more?
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 10:47 AM
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yea funny you mention that like 15-20 min before this kid whoz never seen my car in person asked me to do a burn out so i did, and of course i basicly redlined it
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 10:50 AM
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Do a search on the forum for 'limp mode', you will find all sorts of information on what happened.
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