my expirience was on '98 civic that missiong oil can cause that

explanation i get from dealer is that vtec isnt working (i cant reach more
than 5000rpm , motor was lauder and performance degraded)

check oil

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"Rale" <rale@rale.com> wrote in message
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> Over the past few days, I have noticed that the engine on my '99 Honda
> Civic is much louder then before, particularly when accelerating and the
> car feels slower/sloppier, so I need to push gas pedal more to get the
> same acceleration.
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> Any ideas on what to could be causing this or what to check.
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> Thanks,
> Rale
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