182 clio high revving, wont go past 40mph

[jivers]

Hi all, i went to take my clio out for a spin before xmas, i pulled out my drive fine, but then i noticed that the car was revving high and losing power, at first i though it was the clutch. I pulled up and started just revving the car in neutral and it sounded horrible, really restricted. I drove it back and the car would not go above 40mph, even when changing gear, still revving fairly high. If i tried to go over 40 it sounded like the car was about to stall.

Any1 had a problem like this before? Or know of it?
The car is 2004 with 80k miles

thanks in advance

 

[Spinksy]

its in limp mode no? any lights come on the dash?

 

[jivers]

Possibly, i dont know. My cars a christmas tree at the moment, steering angle sensor is out and i have not cat. But theres no new lights

 

[Spinksy]

is it de-catted then? (shouldn't be a problem as long as there is still pipe there)

was it misfiring at all?

 

[jivers]

Nope, nothing. Ive had a few ideas from people. Coil pack, water in the plugs, fuel filter ( but i hear its internal and doesnt need to be changed)

 

[MarkCup]

Could be the throttle body (or throttle pedal itself)...that's what my 172 Cup suffered from when it dropped into limp mode.

 

[Spinksy]

Nope, nothing. Ive had a few ideas from people. Coil pack, water in the plugs, fuel filter ( but i hear its internal and doesnt need to be changed)

they would lead to a misfire so it wont be those if yours isn't misfiring....

most likely to be throttle body related as said by mark, what lights are on? it might have been coming for a while...

 

[jivers]

I read a post on here about cleaning up the throttle body, did you do that or replace?