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Do you know you can actually use going uphill to test the well-being of a car?

It's is not every car you see moving comfortably on a level road or downhill that can make it uphill, especially the steep one. For example, some commercial buses will overtake you like flash when going downhill but when it's time to go uphill, they start to look for who will push them from behind.

This tells you that the engine and many other major components have to work extra hard to take a car uphill. The force of gravity acting against a car moving uphill is much and at such, the car should be healthy enough to overcome it.

Faulty components in a car can make it very hard for the car to keep up in a steep or inclined road. Even when you push the throttle hard to accelerate the more, you won't get a befitting response from the car.

There are various reasons why your car would struggle going uphill. You need to pay attention to them and sort out the issue if you need your car to function optimally especially going uphill.

Below are the 6 reasons why your car struggle going uphill

1. Bad or failing fuel filter:
If every other component is working fine and you have a bad or failing fuel filer, it will jeopardize the the smooth working of your car. It may cause your car struggle while going uphill. 



2. Clogged Exhaust:
In the exhaust system, you'll find the catalytic converter and the muffler. When either of the two get clogged, it will restrain the engine from breathing well which will cost its performance.

The engine power and acceleration will surely be limited. You may not notice this much when driving on a normal level road. It will be much pronounced when going uphill.



3. Clogged or bad Air filter:
The air filter plays a crucial role when it comes to combustion engines. Clogged air filter will restrict the right proportion of air needed by the engine. At such, clogged or bad air filter can make the car not to breathe as it should. This will compromise the power of the engine and hence, not be able to easily make it uphill. 



4.Faulty Camshaft Position Sensor:
The Camshaft Position Sensor calculates the camshaft speed and transmits this information to the electronic control module. That way, the engine control module can manage the ignition timing and fuel injection timing properly.

But if you were to have a faulty camshaft position sensor, then the timing on these two would be off. This would limit the engine’s power considerably and certainly make it harder to drive the vehicle up a hill.



5. Bad spark plugs:
Spark plugs provide the sparks needed in the engine compression chamber. Having  bad spark plugs can make the engine not to perform optimally. It can make the car struggle while trying to make it uphill.



6. Low Cylinder Compression:
High cylinder compression is critical for giving the engine enough power to get the vehicle up a hill. Low cylinder compression will make your vehicle always struggle when going uphill. The engine power won’t be strong enough to push it up there.



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Thanks for the info

Informative

You're right!

Nice

BAD KNOCK SENSOR


and yes i put it there cos it's true.... if u have done everything and a scan reveals that ur knock sensor is disconnected (case study Toyota)

it will cause this effect.....

more research to those who wanna contest this!

Alvin007:
Failing gearbox.

brilliant

obekediamondfuto:


brilliant

Nagode

Load. An excessively loaded car (commercial bus) will struggle given the number of passengers and cargo it is conveying.
Gearing. In an auto trans car, the car will choose the appropriate gear to climb the hill assuming its in good conditin and all the horses in the engine are neighing well enough.
In a manual trans, if you like have a v10 under your hood, if you don't drop to the appropriate gear, a Hyundai I10 go pass u.

7. Engine is on limp mode

Failing Gearbox. All these people that put ABRO transmission oil instead of the recommended tranny oil

Sharp

Very informative, thanks .

Nice info

Alvin007:
Failing gearbox.

Good one

What the clutch is failing. Abi motor no dey use clutch again?

Failing fuel pump.

Ok

lonelydora:
Failing Gearbox. All these people that put ABRO transmission oil instead of the recommended tranny oil

lol. ABRO gets such a bad rep!!

but its made in Amrika o, and funny enough their injector cleaner is excellent

Since September 2018


How much did you pay lala

Bad coils

Worn out tyres.

lonelydora:
Failing Gearbox. All these people that put ABRO transmission oil instead of the recommended tranny oil

What about when Abro is the recommended oil?

Torque. Bad or faulty gear = less power or torque