Hi,

A few weeks back I was driving and suddenly experienced a lack of power (not electrical power, the other type) and almost no acceleration with pedal down. The car was shaking and running really rough. I got it home and have tried to troubleshoot it but no luck so far.

I replaced the spark plugs and looked for any obvious cracks, loose wires etc but nothing looks to out of place.

This car isn't mine and is only worth about $1000 so I don't really want to spend to much money on it.

I looked for info on a cheap OBD1 (38 pin) scanner but they are to expensive. None of the local auto shops are doing scans anymore either.

Do you think it could be distributor? ignition coils? vac leak? spark plug cables? MAF Sensor?

I want to try the most obvious problem first to save time and money so any suggestions would help me enormously

Thanks,