Car losing acceleration/Power

Asked by Orsy Aug 08, 2018 at 01:39 AM about the 2008 Nissan Sentra Base

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Ok my gf’s Sentra has lost a lot of power of late. When
she tried to bike up speed on the on ramp for the freewya
The car barley accelerates. Quick side notes, There’s no
engine light, her transmission was redone with a new one
by NISSAN 2 years ago. AND her car actually burns oil.

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Check and see if the spark plugs have oil on them. If so the valve cover gasket is most likely bad.

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I have a 2006 Nissan Sentra and so many people are saying the same thing about a catalytic converter. It says that the catalytic converter cannot breathe because it may be clogged so I looked on YouTube and someone had taken the catalytic converter all and so fit in a solution for a day and put it back on and it worked just fine.

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