clio 172 has lost about 80bhp!!!

[pritchard-89]

basicly my clio 172 has lost about 80bhp my friend has a saxo 1.6 vtr around 98bhp and i cannot even go past him?!!?!? i have been told its the coil pack also front and rear lamda sensors come up when it was plugged in so can the coil pack and lambda sensors cause it to loose this much power? its realy irritating and very head scratching! problems are below THANKS!

car holds back
exhaust goes puf puf puf insted of vrrrrr lol
engine a bit noisy
STOP light and handbreak light flickers when i boot it

 

[wag1]

srs

 

[Matt W]

It's broken. HTH.

 

[Chapppers11]

Taken your handbrake off? Helps for all 4 problems.

 

[RDH]

Get to a trusted garage/specialist.

 

[Christopher]

Will be an oxy sensor fault or coil pack.

 

[James105]

puf puf puf instead of vrrrrr.lol

Potentially sounds like a miss-fire, which has a high chance of being a coil pack

 

[sbridgey]

isn't stop and handbrake due to low brake fluid?

 

[Martin_172]

stop and handbrake usually while cornering is worn discs and pads usually.

missfire which has most likely destroyed the cat and lambda causing your fault code.

 

[lemonnobby]

and also possible incorrect engine timing

 

[alanc1000]

knackared clutch?

 

[Bobby.]

your car is probably got something wrong with it but you cant just say its lost 80bhp just because it cant get past a 98bhp saxo, its not that simple you got to think about power to weight ratio, power deliver, drivers ability etc etc etc.

 

[mark smith87]

I run my Aircon all the time including on track. It doesn't make much difference to power output and it keeps the car fresh. Saying that turning it off makes massive power gains is totally false.

 

[Christopher]

Moved to the correct forum. You might get a few expert opinions here.

 

[Gandi69]

Some 8v saxos would out run a 182 mods depending. If its standard though I'd go get your car checked at a specialist on here.
One to check is that the cat hasnt failed internally and is restricting the engines breathing

 

[Dan519]

Sounds like an ignition fault. The lambda fault is probably a red herring thrown up by the ignition fault leaving a lot of unburnt fuel.

Can't really say more than that without plugging in and trying a few things

 

[scotty2hotty81]

Saxo supercharged? 198bhp :clown:

 

[richd]

car holds back
exhaust goes puf puf puf insted of vrrrrr lol

lol i love that puf puf puf great way of putting it, defo sounds like a missfire that pal