Corrolla loss of power during acceleration

delere
Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:17:33 +0000
Maintenance/Repairs

My 98 Corolla looses power (RPM’s) upon acceleration. The power loss varies from barely perceptible to so bad I have to pull off down a side street to get out of traffic. It happens pretty randomly (don’t see a real pattern) but seems to be more noticeable on more rapid acceleration. An O2 sensor was recently replaced. It has 96k miles and is due for a timing belt replacement.

I wonder what are the most likely causes in part to determine if it’s worth the money to replace the timing belt or is the car on it’s last leg?

Any ideas on what to do?

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