Q: Lack of power

asked by on July 08, 2016

I was changing my air cleaner to racing ones cold air filter I removed the the air mass then I sprayed the throttle body with Wd40 then Engine light popped up in dash Ecm/Tcm fault ,thereafter now power on up hill climb so could the above be damaged

My car has 250000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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