I have an issue with my 1987 Toyota Corolla fx-16. I have a 4age bigport, and it is stock. When I drive for a little bit, suddenly the car will stop accelerating and wont let me go past around 3500-5500 rpm, and sounds like its running on 3 cylinders, or misfiring. When this happens, I have no power in that rpm range, so I'm stuck below around 3500 rpm while driving, no matter what gear I am in. However, if i shut the car off, whether I am moving or not, then turn the car back on, it runs fine for a while, accelerating normally as if nothing happened. Then, after around 20 minutes more of driving, it will happen again. This only happens when it is under load, as if I am in neutral, I can redline it with no problem. This has been happening for a few weeks, and I have had no luck with it. I have replaced my distributor cap and rotor, my spark/ignition coil, fuel injectors, and have switched out multiple spark plug wires, to no avail. If anyone has insight or has experienced this before, please help me.
Issue with my 87 corolla
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I have an issue with my 1987 Toyota Corolla fx-16. I have a 4age bigport, and it is stock. When I drive for a little bit, suddenly the car will stop accelerating and wont let me go past around 3500-5500 rpm, and sounds like its running on 3 cylinders, or misfiring. When this happens, I have no power in that rpm range, so I'm stuck below around 3500 rpm while driving, no matter what gear I am in. However, if i shut the car off, whether I am moving or not, then turn the car back on, it runs fine for a while, accelerating normally as if nothing happened. Then, after around 20 minutes more of driving, it will happen again. This only happens when it is under load, as if I am in neutral, I can redline it with no problem. This has been happening for a few weeks, and I have had no luck with it. I have replaced my distributor cap and rotor, my spark/ignition coil, fuel injectors, and have switched out multiple spark plug wires, to no avail. If anyone has insight or has experienced this before, please help me.