<rickylowary@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm having a hard time figuring out why my car is having a small
> problem being sluggish while turning over, idling heavy(as far as
> vibration goes, rpm is a little under 1000), and the exhaust is
> puffing louder than normal. I had an oil change saturday, drove for 4
> hours sunday and when i was almost to where i was going i started
> losing power and thats when the shaking started. i check the dipstick
> and it was below the first dot, so i put oil in. The oil never leaked
> out on the 4 hour drive back home. today i replaced the spark plugs
> and wires and pulled the negative cable off to clear any timing
> adjustments, but still the same things going on. any ideas as to
> what's happening?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Ricky
>
> 93 civic lx
> 205k miles
>

Just a shot in the dark, but the exhaust note makes me wonder if your timing
belt has slipped. If so, catastrophic failure may be in the near future
unless the belt is replaced. Retarded valve timing results in an odd
"hollow" exhaust sound. If that doesn't describe the exhaust then "never
mind." But... how long / many miles since the last timing belt change?

Mike