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Not much power when in drive

Tiny
SANJ347
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  • 1999 MITSUBISHI GALANT
  • 132,000 MILES
When in drive, my car strains alot and I have to rev it alot to even go over a little bump but when in reverse, it works perfect. What can be causing this?
Monday, June 13th, 2011 AT 8:46 PM

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Tiny
RASMATAZ
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Do you have a check engine light and when was last tune-up? Is it auto or manual transmission and what liter engine-describe the vehicle properly
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Monday, June 13th, 2011 AT 8:50 PM
Tiny
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The engine check light is on and well the car was parked up for a year. Its a 4 cyclinder 2.4L engine. Do you think its something wrong with the transmission?
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Monday, June 20th, 2011 AT 5:14 PM
Tiny
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Could be

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

Have the computer scanned for code/s-you have a problem within the engine management system that caused the CEL to turn on-This is your starting point of diagnosis,finding out what's going on.
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Monday, June 20th, 2011 AT 5:20 PM

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