2002 Kia Rio fix

Tiny
TMONICA49
  • MEMBER
  • 2002 KIA RIO
  • 1.5L
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 140,000 MILES
When driving down the street with content presser on gas the rpms will drop and the speed like Im not pushing on the gas and it won't incress in speed till I let off the gas and push on it again some time it fixs the problem other time I have to keep doing it to keep going on the road what could be the problum
Saturday, February 28th, 2015 AT 5:17 PM

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Tiny
ASEMASTER6371
  • MECHANIC
  • 52,796 POSTS
There could be a couple of issues causing this.

1. Timing belt has too much slack effecting engine timing

2. Low fuel pressure

3. Clogged cat converter

these items should be checked and confirmed.

Roy
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Sunday, March 1st, 2015 AT 8:49 AM

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