hello my Fellow Capri owners,
Been awhile since ive been on. Got my shifter bushings in.. no problem. Got a new inquiry now, that maybe someone will have an idea of what im asking !
a few weeks ago i added oil to the engine (got a small leak somewhere), and i forgot to place the oil cap back on, and went driving... maybe drove about 20-25 miles, and my engine started to miss and black smoke started to come out of the tail pipe in intervals. I didnt realize i had not installed the cap back on, until a little later. I then put it back on, and let the Car sit for day or two. Then it drove without any hesitations, or smoke the next time i drove it, and ever since..
My question is... did the oil cap have a darn thing to do with the problem, or was that a coincidence timing with another issue? NOW, the Capri seems to lack get up and go like it did before. The turbo spools up, and gets to around the correct PSI. But there is a lack of power.. like it has the breaks on slightly which it doesnt.. just a way to illustrate it. I have had the emmisions done since, and it passed, could it be a partially clogged Cat ? Or PCV valve (which i have changed out about 5 months ago. thanks ya'll