Car is holding back

[trah]

change your spark plug wires... its bad it can cause it to hold back like your stating. Had a guy come to me and he was having same issues. like its not going nowhere and it would die from time to time. change the plugs and see. BUY OEM not autozone/orielly shit/....

[seigneur_rayden]

Hmm then next step I forgot to add would be to jack up the side of the car and spin it see if it spins freely with the car in neutral. It should. Forgot about that test lol. Did the brake pads look like normal wear when you tore them off?

Actually when I changed the pads, only the pad of the side where the abnormal heat is coming out was gone (while the other side was still like brand new).

I am going to spin them wheels to C what will happen.

Is it throwing any codes?.I would do a simple tune up and go from there.Kinda seems like a tranny issue to me because my civic did the same thing to me.

Throwing any codes? I don't even know how to check that.

change your spark plug wires... its bad it can cause it to hold back like your stating. Had a guy come to me and he was having same issues. like its not going nowhere and it would die from time to time. change the plugs and see. BUY OEM not autozone/orielly shit/....

I really doubt the causes are the spark plugs (I know how the car feel with clogged plugs). Tranny could be posssible since I never changed the oil since I bought the car in Dec 03.

This is what I'm gonna do for now: Jack the car and drive it to C what's happening with the wheels and go from there.

Thanks y'all for your replys. That's why I really like this forum; it's like a family. I'll let U posted.

[trah]

i said wires not the plugs

[GREENCB3]

What I meant was if you had a check engine light.Have you checked the timing?

[seigneur_rayden]

i said wires not the plugs

My bad man

[4CYLPOWER92]

Actually when I changed the pads, only the pad of the side where the abnormal heat is coming out was gone (while the other side was still like brand new).

I am going to spin them wheels to C what will happen.

Bingo. Pads on each side are supposed to wear evenly.

[seigneur_rayden]

What I meant was if you had a check engine light.Have you checked the timing?

There is no check engine light. By timing do U mean timing belt or exhaust/intake duration? If it is the timing belt, it looks okay.

[GREENCB3]

No what I meant was the ignition timing because if the timing gets retarted or set back from where it suppose to be which is 16 degrees btc it will run slow.It gets adjusted by moving the distributor.I really hope you fix the problem your having cuz its buggin me also trying to figure it out lol.Good luck

[Ralphie]

I think its that wheel....if one pad was obliterated and one was like new, you have an issue with that wheel....jack it up....and comb that wheel with a fine tooth comb.

[seigneur_rayden]

I really hope you fix the problem your having cuz its buggin me also trying to figure it out lol.Good luck

Thanks man. Me too.

....jack it up....and comb that wheel with a fine tooth comb.

[GreenMadness]

ralphie is right, if your instinct tells you the engine feels fine and you had the car since 03.... chances are your right.

There is most definatly a problem when multiple symptoms have a common link.
-very abnormal pad wear
-excess heat from rim(which is in direct contact with rotor)
-sluggishness not engine related... as though brakes are being applied

all those problems are from pads touching rotor too much... caliper is most likely to blame, pull the wheel off and find the broken pieces....

[AccordXRacer]

my car

Dont mean to thread jack but you think that what happening to my car? It feel exactly the same way but only half of the brake pad is actually pressing the rotor. See for your self.......http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...0/84507048.jpg

To this day i have no idea what it could be.

[seigneur_rayden]

Problem fixed. It was the caliper. Got a new one and the car wasn't holding anymore. As always with old car, when one problem is solved, another one appears. Now the rpm dropped way too low, close to 0 when the engine gets warm.

Thanks for all the replys and help. I really appreciate.

[Juice21]

Problem fixed. It was the caliper. Got a new one and the car wasn't holding anymore. As always with old car, when one problem is solved, another one appears. Now the rpm dropped way too low, close to 0 when the engine gets warm.

Thanks for all the replys and help. I really appreciate.

my passenger front tire does this...i jacked it up and spun the tire and the brakes were holding it...not extremlely tight but just enought to hold the wheel back makinfg an annoying sound...so do i have to change caliper or just pad or can i just rig something together or diy plz help me out also...sorry for thread jacking