Stillpushin

I recently picked up a 94 Altima as a daily driver. It is high mileage. It runs horribly. Starts up fine and stays running. But at a stop it surges and almost feels like it is about to staul (but never does). Has extreme power loss. Feels like a sensor but honestly my knowledge is less extensive than i would like. Any ideas or volunteers to take a look at it that are pretty sure they could figure it out would be great. Thankyou.

srt4hokie

wait till Joey's old ass wakes up in the morning he will probably know what's wrong. Could be a vacuum line or TPS, but who knows.

HatefulMechanic

double post, check tech section. i will give some advice though: dont start parts swapping. it winds up costing more in the end usually (not to mention pissing off the person that has to deal with shadetree work to fix it right )

those systems are pretty simple, however, there are a few things that need to be checked in order.

Stillpushin

I posted in here also to maybe see if someone wanted to take a look at it. Thankyou for the feedback.

bensrex

Sounds like an O2 sensor. Do some searches on altima boards and get it replaced.

GaRn

could be IACV or the like might need cleaning/replaced... that, some vacuum related issue, or like it was said before, the o2 sensor..

srt4hokie

i was thinking about it, it might also be the simple fact that it's a POS nissan

bensrex

I am 95% sure it's an O2 sensor. My girlfriend has a 95 or 96 BMW 318i. Her car was doing the same thing, big power loss... almost stalling at stops. Eventually started throwing CELs. The O2 sensor was blown out. Get that replaced and you should be all good.

Stillpushin

Cool thanks, i think ima do that soon. You go to radford right? Where do you suggest I pick up the part from and do you know anywhere i can work on my car a little bit?

Thanks in advance.

bensrex

I "work" on my car in the parking lot, or the local wash-it-yourself car wash by Dominoes. Not sure where you can get an O2 sensor. Might have to order it from a dealership, check ebay, junkyards (maybe?). Not too sure. Good luck with it though.

**edit: Here is a website I found. They look pretty pricey. http://www.prostreetonline.com/buy/o...ensors/nissan/

I don't know what to tell you from here. I'm not a mechanic, so I don't want to say I'm 100% sure this is what you need. But hope I helped out.. hope you get it running better.