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Re: Eclipse stalls at idle
| bob | 21 Sep 2006 05:28 |
I encountered multiple problems after the battery on my 2000 Eclipse GT died last winter. I made sure all of the ground wires were clean and tight and that seemed to improve things a bit. As soon as the weather warmed up in the spring, I found another problem: the radiator cooling fan would not operate when the coolant warmed up. I had a dealer replace the sensor and magically all of my post-dead battery problems went away!
> 2003 Eclipse GT automatic > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > have. He wanted to charge me $382 for the harness plus labor, so I said > no. Any ideas? |
| k8tbaby10@yahoo.com | 18 Sep 2006 23:23 |
2003 Eclipse GT automatic
This all started in March after my battery died. I had my car jumped and on the way home I had to keep the idle above 600 or it would stall. I got a new battery and ground cable from checker auto parts. The problem continued so I took it to a mechanic. He noticed that a plastic piece on my air intake was broken, so he replaced it and everything was fine. Well a few days ago, my battery died again. I had it jumped and the problem started again. My car idles fine when cool, but once it warms up the idle drops to 0 and stalls. Sometimes it will idle fine if the AC is on, but once I turn off the AC it stalls and sometimes the idle goes up and down but doesn't stall. I took it to the same mechanic and he looked at the intake but it was fine. He suggested I take ut to a Mitsubishi dealer. The Mitsu repair man told me I had to buy the stock ground harness before he tries anything else because I may not be getting a good enough ground with the aftermarket ground I have. He wanted to charge me $382 for the harness plus labor, so I said no. Any ideas?
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