20 Most Recent 1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse - Page 5 Questions & Answers

would this sensor make the car not start when it is hot?

probably a off set holder in the circut or the morot is jumping and bouncing yoru timing belt off but that would take like hitting a curb or something like my buddy did with his civic

engine mounts going bad for sure. put on parking brake block tires. open hood. get a buddy to stand BESIDE car and look at engine. you get in car hold down brakes and put in reverse, and give it gas while holding brakes. Dont let car move. if engine moves up and down more than a half inch. bad mount. do in drive to check other mount. usually go bad at once. get a All wheel alignment.

double check all the belt timing marks and if it really has skipped a tooth you will have to release the belt tensioner, reposition the belt and re-tension it. you often get lucky if its out by just one tooth, but if it happened once it can happen again and cause real damage so don't drive it until its fixed, and make sure the tensioner is set and working correctly

There is no simple answer, there are to many variables. If you have access to a scan tool, pulling the codes should help. Without them its back to old school hunt and peck method. At this point we need to narrow down the problem. You need to test for spark.

1. Tag and disconnect the spark plug wires from the spark plugs.
   
2. Remove the spark plugs and install the spark plug wires to each spark plug.
   
3. Ground (do not hold spark plug) the spark plug; check if spark occurs while engine is being cranked.
   

Crank the engine for no more than 2 seconds at a time to prevent flooding the engine with gasoline.
If you have spark, You will want to make sure you have fuel injector pulse, along with fuel pressure. If you have spark ..simply spray some starting fluid in through the air filter and hold the gas pedal to the floor and crank it over while spraying. If it fires up, you know it is fuel related( fuel pump, regulator, or ECM if no injector pulse) . If you have no spark then look at ignition coil connection and trace through to the distributor( if equipped ). The crank shaft sensor has a tendency to fail on these as well. This should give you a few things to test and check to start you on your way to narrowing it down. If you have no spark then look at ignition coil connection for power and trace through to the distributor( if equipped ). If it is DIS( no distributor). It may be the Crank sensor or the ECU. The crank shaft sensor has a tendency to fail on these as well.
The ECU uses the signal sent from the Crank sensor to trigger the spark and fuel injectors. ( make certain you have checked all fuses)

Hello, there isn't a speedometer cable on these cars. If this is a non turbo model the speed sensor is on the back of the transmission. The easiest way to get to it is to remove the battery, battery tray, and intake tubing from air filter to intake manifold. Once all that is out of the way if you take a light and look on top of the differential ( on these cars it is the back of the transmission towards the firewall). You will be able to see it better with a flash light. If I recall right it is a tall electronic sensor that is held in with a 10mm bolt. Remove the bolt and carefully pull staight up. When it comes out of the transmission there will be a shaft and a small plastic gear on the bottom of the sensor. That is how it reads your speed. To install a new one reverse the process. Make sure to work the new sensor in carefully, don't force, to give the teeth on the gear to align.

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The 1st thing to do here is test the engine control computer for fault codes, if none are present then do the following to clean the automatic idle speed control valve and the throttle valve, they get sludged up and this causes stalling and idle surge among other issues. So before you do any parts replacing do the cleaning, it costs about $5 and 30 minutes of your time. Here is the procedure. My experience? 35 years as a dealer factory trained technican.

Buy a can of throttle valve cleaner (it is made by CRC) from the local auto parts store, spray it into the air intake through the throttle body of the engine until you have used about half the can, you will need to hold the idle up while you do this, it will try to stall, after this shut the engine down and disconnect the Negative (-) battery cable for 5 minutes. The intake is now clean, if you continue to have the idle speed control problems you may need to seek the help of a professional.

It could be a faulty or damaged clutch master or slave cylinder or broken release bearing or fork

On the clutch pedal assembly

hi there are many things that will cause this to happen, i will give you some things to start looking into for this..first on list, air intake or vacuum system, listen for air leaks, you might have a fault on the ignition system, check plugs and leads, you IAC or idle control valve might be faulty..any codes?, fuel pressure / fuel pressure regulator and fuel filter, TP sensor throttle position sensor is this working correctly, check ECM for codes engine control module hope this helps

i would check the gauge first and then the wires if its digital
if its not a digital set up i would replace the speedometer cable

the battery lead that connects onto the starter & any other wiring on it, the bolts that hold it onto the motor & anything else that prevents it from being removed from the engine, once the bolts are removed it should pull straight out......hope this helps.....cheers.