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Old 11 Nov 2006, 07:42 pm
motsco_
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Default Re: bad acceleration on '01 Civic

dman wrote:
> I've had my '01 Civic EX for about a couple of years now. I've been
> maintaining it well (regular oil changes, timely servicing, etc).
> Recently, the acceleration on my car really sucks. I see older Civics,
> Corollas and Sentras zoom past me when the traffic light turns green! I
> was planning on getting a tune-up, but I read somewhere thats tune-ups
> are waste for newer fuel-injected engines. My question is what can be
> done to get some improvement in the pick up? Thanks is advance for your
> response.
>

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Run a can of fuel injector cleaner through the gas tank twice a year,
for starters. Using Gasohol from time to time will sometimes accomplish
the same thing.

'Curly'

'Curly'
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