Q: Stick shift, gets up 2.5k rpms and spits and sputters. Check engine light calling for O2 sensor.

asked by on October 09, 2016

It's a stick shift it runs and idols I get up to 2000 RPMs and it runs horribly. I have a check engine light and it says I need a new O2 sensor.

My car has 130000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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