Q: Car loses power
I have a toyota conquest 160i my problem with the car is when i rev it sound like its choking and something is blocking air and it loses power and i have to rev it high so i could drive it so i would like to know what could be the problem
My car has 248000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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