Now I recall that son in law's Civic did the same thing. I thought it might
be an auto transmission gone bad but t'was the cat.

Jim

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 8:20 AM Larry Alofs <lalofs@gmail.com> wrote:

> I second Mark's idea about the cat.  I experienced symptoms the same as
> yours when the insides of a cat had broken loose and turned sideways.
>
> Larry A.
>
>
> On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 4:59 PM, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Have a mysterious power loss on my new engine overhaul. It has run fine
> > until two days ago. Now it won't pull your hat off your head.
> >
> > Engine runs fine. Starts easy, idle smoothly, runs smoothly at any rpm it
> > is capable of turning. There is no spitting, missing or backfire. Just
> > doesn't develop power to accelerate. Going up hill it just gets slower
> and
> > slower and slower, the rpm will drop to about 1500. Top speef is about 55
> > mph. I han't checked the timing yet, but thats next.
> >
> > Suggestions???
> >
> > John
> >
>