No power when pulling away.

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But is it Chineseium ?

Dippypud said:

But is it Chineseium ?

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Same brand name?

@Tempus did you ever check the ATF level?

FEI said:

@Tempus did you ever check the ATF level?

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No. As I thought the fault was the cam from previous comments. So probably need to put it all back together for now and re evaluate. So ATF is on the board to be looked at. Just want to know what is wrong so I can actually get fixing

So my thinking:
If you have so little power that you cant pull away from a standstill i doubt you'd be able to accelerate upto any kind of speed.
That leads me to think that its not a problem with your engine developing power but rather getting the power through to the ground.

Lets say you at a standstill and you try to pull away what exactly happens? After you give throttle does the engine rev up really high but the car not move? Does the engine not rev up at all?

With the gearbox in neutral does the engine rev freely or does it splutter and struggle to get to speeds above idle?

Id say check your atf level and if its fine then do a torque converter stall test.