Bogs down

Tiny
DENMAC
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  • 2002 MITSUBISHI GALANT
  • 100,000 MILES
Car idles fine but when I give it gas it bogs down or looses horsepower, tach goes up but it wont idle high, also when I try to drive it it wont go. Just cleaned the throttle plate and checked the sensor that's by the air filter my next step is putting in new spark plugs
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 AT 9:13 AM

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Tiny
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Could trans be slipping?
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013 AT 1:37 PM
Tiny
JOSHR25
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I have the same car. Had the same problem. It wouldn't go up hills either so I cleaned out the throttle bottle sensor it seemed to help a little but not much. So took it to transmission shop and he said I had a leak in my lines which caused to lose fluid and wasnt holding pressure. So had new hoses ran was fixed after that. Good luck hope that helped.
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Sunday, June 2nd, 2013 AT 2:12 PM
Tiny
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What happened?
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Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 AT 8:32 AM

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