# Sluggish acceleration/power **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [December 10, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594 "2018-12-10T19:45:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sharae\_Golden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Sharae\_Golden](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sharae_Golden)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/1 "2018-12-10T19:45:19Z")
So I have a 2000 Toyota corolla ve. I added transmission fluid and motor oil to my car last Saturday. It starting acting sluggish and it acted like it didnt want to start. I drove it on the highway and I saw black smoke behind me. The next day, I let it start up for about 5 minutes, and it was still sluggish. I was told by a few mechanics and friends that it’s my fuel injectors and I needed to changed the injectors, the fuel filter and the pump. I was wondering could I change just the filter and the injectors without messing with the fuel pump?? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/2 "2018-12-10T19:50:08Z")
Have you checked the oil and transmission fluid levels to make sure they’re right? ---
**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/3 "2018-12-10T20:03:36Z")
How much of each fluid did you add? ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/4 "2018-12-10T20:13:57Z")
If its smoking that badly, there must be a check engine light, right? If there is, what are the error codes stored? ---
**Author:** ![Sharae\_Golden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Sharae\_Golden](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sharae_Golden)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/5 "2018-12-10T20:25:59Z")
There is no check engine light on. After I went on the highway with it, it didnt smoke afterwards ---
**Author:** ![Sharae\_Golden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Sharae\_Golden](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sharae_Golden)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/6 "2018-12-10T20:30:46Z")
I added 2 at of transmission fluid and 5 at of motor oil ---
**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/7 "2018-12-10T20:32:38Z")
> [@Sharae\_Golden](#): > > I added 2 at of transmission fluid and 5 at of motor oil Wow. If you were running the engine while it was five quarts low on oil, you undoubtedly caused engine damage in the process. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/8 "2018-12-10T20:34:38Z")
Have you checked the levels today? ---
**Author:** ![Sharae\_Golden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Sharae\_Golden](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sharae_Golden)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/9 "2018-12-10T20:35:05Z")
That’s the thing, it wasn’t low on oil. I checked it. But now im getting it must be your fuel injectors or pump or filter ---
**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/10 "2018-12-10T20:36:00Z")
> [@Sharae\_Golden](#): > > That’s the thing, it wasn’t low on oil. Now you’re confusing us. If it wasn’t originally low on oil, why did you add five quarts? ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/11 "2018-12-10T20:37:37Z")
Did you drain the old oil from the engine first? The engine oil capacity is only 3.9 quarts. The engine will be sluggish being 5 quarts over filled, you must drain the oil to the proper level. ---
**Author:** ![Sharae\_Golden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Sharae\_Golden](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sharae_Golden)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/13 "2018-12-10T20:44:26Z")
I just wanted to top off all my fluids. I know sounds dumb and now i’m facing the consequences ---
**Author:** ![Sharae\_Golden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Sharae\_Golden](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sharae_Golden)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/14 "2018-12-10T20:45:36Z")
All the oil got drained because i went and got an oil change today. Sadly, that didnt fix the issue ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/15 "2018-12-10T21:01:54Z")
You probably fouled the plugs badly, but before anything else, get the extra fluid out of the transmission. Then change the spark plugs. Did you use the right transmission fluid for your Toyota? If you did, you just need to get it down to he right level. If you didn’t, you need a complete fluid exchange for your transmission. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/16 "2018-12-10T21:07:57Z")
What do you mean by 'top off"? You added 5 quarts without doing an oil change? ---
**Author:** ![Sharae\_Golden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Sharae\_Golden](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sharae_Golden)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/17 "2018-12-10T21:13:39Z")
I used the automatic transmission fluid made for Toyota. How often do spark plugs go bad? Also, if that’s the issue, then do I still need to worry about my fuel injectors and filter?? ---
**Author:** ![Sharae\_Golden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Sharae\_Golden](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sharae_Golden)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/18 "2018-12-10T21:14:19Z")
Yes. I know its stupid ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/19 "2018-12-10T21:16:22Z")
If the Check Engine light isn’t on, there’s nothing wrong with the spark plugs. Tester ---
**Author:** ![Sharae\_Golden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@Sharae\_Golden](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Sharae_Golden)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/20 "2018-12-10T21:17:06Z")
So if I change the spark plugs, that could solve it? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594/21 "2018-12-10T21:18:34Z")
Is the Check Engine light on? Tester [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-acceleration-power/130594.md?page=2)