Originally Posted by lk21joker
It sounds like you have a problem with the valve timing. It's becoming inefficient for the air coming in and out when the valve is not at the correct timing. I suggest you have it adjusted at a bodyshop. It happened to my old 94 ex accord and 97 civic, luckily my friend is a mechanic and he fixed that for me, both cars.
Another case is the engine knocking, if you use lower octain gas than suggested in the manual, your engine will suffer a lot of knocking, and it will damage the engine over time. Just try higher octain gas and see what happens
Is it possible to buy 85 octane gas in this country