LizAsuTl

So I just bought my Tl for my birthday and for some odd reason the check engine light comes on I already had my radiator fixed and my muffler and Im somehow starting to get annoyed with my car. It seems to smell like somethings burnt after i run it for some time and it doesnt seem to be working like it used to it runs a bit slower it takes more time for it accelerate . Does anybody have a clue what might be wrong ? please help

01tl4tl

it will help if you say what year and miles it has
then be more specific why the muffler was replaced and radiator fixed
was it overheating?- was the muffler broken inside or make a shae noise?
If you get a CEL light- go to autozone type store and ask them to read the codes for you
report back with those
otherwise I will guess it needs a full tune up, new cat convertor, and probably blew a head gasket
but thats only until we get some info!!

LizAsuTl

Its a 1996 Acura 3.2 Tl and it has about 160,000 miles on it .
Yeah it was basicly overheating and for some odd reason the muffler was just making a weird noise.

Go90go

I see they replaced your muffler bearings.

~Cheers~

P.S. Welcome to the boards!

KrayzieDxC

tell me about , acceleration is the worst , but after i use seafoam in the gas tank near empty i approved my accerleration.it works wonders..

and also welcome!

01tl4tl

The tech should have replaced the spark plugs if it was overheating
You need a compression test to make sure there wasnt damage to the head gasket with the overheating- a lot of things can go wrong when it runs hot

On the muffler, if the cat convertor locaetd before the muffler breaks apart, it sends little pieces of its guts into the rear muffler- shop hears stuff rattle around and replaces muffler but doesnt fix the real problem, a plugged or broken cat.
Have those things checked

LizAsuTl

yeah it was really weird went to autozone told them to run that test thing and belive it or not i never knew that thing you plug it into was near the lighter lol so didnt i feel dumb neways three error codes came up saying it was the fuel injector

01tl4tl

codes are NOT diagnosis- they are merely CLUES to the real problem, and zones reader does not always pull all the codes
Post the codes you got here for for help in figuring it out.
Not likely to need new injectors

Go90go

^ Yup. It could be a loose clip causing a misfire, or just a very plugged up injector. What alot of people don't know is that fuel is also used to cool the motor down, .

~Cheers~

LizAsuTl

the code i got were P 1204, P1205,P1300 so i was just thinking of putting new fuel injectors since it already has new spark plugs, o and thanks to the ppl who said welcome to the boards

01tl4tl

there is no reason to replace injectors at this point- thats an expensive guess
lets get some better hints and we can gelp you figure it out

01tl4tl

you need to check if the right plugs were used- its critical on this car!
NGK brand, Platinum , or the newer metal- Iridium - are the ones to use