Car not accelerating
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Asked by Pde1124 Apr 18, 2016 at 03:59 PM about the 2001 Buick Century Custom Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My car stopped accelerating one day I
checked my transmission fluid which was
ok and hooked it up to my machine which
said erg valve mass air flow and a misfire
or 2 is any of those reasons why it's not
accelerating?

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Kelly answered 8 years ago

so...is the egr valve leaking???? and has it had a tune up...??? if the diaphragmis blown or the base gasket is burt out in the egr it will suck air..thus making it run lean...causting a lean misfire...

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Pde1124 answered 8 years ago

My trans fuel is leaking I'm not sure about the gaskets I don't know if it's the erg valve

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Mirai_2917 answered 7 years ago

It's a simple repair just replace the catalytic converter I had the same problem looked at everything it's sick catalytic converter

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