20 Most Recent 1997 Mitsubishi Galant - Page 2 Questions & Answers

Check that the O2 sensor is actually connected, and functioning.

Leave well alone as on a older car the plastic goes brittle and will break ,just use a paintbrush to clean what you can .

Indicator stalk broken! At base of indicator stalk is a switch that is activated by steering wheel being turned.......sounds like switch beoken off!

it wouldn't turn over freely if the timing belt was broken

Fill both until fluid comes out of side plug.

sounds like the ignition key switch is worn and needs replacing.

change the injector driver module [email protected]

4 or 6 cylinder??

hi i would check the transmission oil is topped up first and not below the operating level second if thats ok it sounds like the auto box is on the way out you would need to take it to a transmission place for an assessment cheers

Not enoud info; is this an auto or manual transmission??????????????????

Place a small charge in the compartment and blow it up

If you can keep giving it gas and it runs above idle with no problem, then you have a blocked or bad idle control valve on the throttle body assembly. With your foot off the gas pedal, the large throttle plate inside the throttle assembly is closed, but some air is let in through the idle control valve or motor through a separate passage. This can get clogged with deposits over time and poor idle results. The valve is controlled by the engine computer. It is how the computer controls idle speed- more air if the idle control valve is opened wider, higher idle speed. "...like its not getting any gas..." Oh yeah, it's getting gas, the injectors are still pumping gas into the cylinders, but it may not be getting any air. All the accelerator pedal does is control the air supply into the engine through the throttle body. So modern cars have an air pedal, not a gas pedal. Then the computer takes over and matches the correct amount of gas through the injectors to the known supply of air in the intake manifold. Neat system, eh? Sorry if I sound so pedantic, dale. check your idle control valve.

check your exhaust for restrictions, sounds like the catalytic converter may be the culprit

Hi,
is your car a GDI engine? If it is GDI you can't really hear the pump working when you put ign on.
Give me some details and I might be able to guide you there.
Chassis, engine numbers, GDI ??