Car troubles

[razey]

Hey guys,

I recently got my car shipped to Puerto Rico with me it took about a month to ship here.
When i picked up the car the battery was dead and we had to jump it. The car started up. It was idling fine and everything sounded and looked good. I drove off, after about 20 minutes, i noticed when i put the car in park it idles at about 2.5k rpm. It was originally running at 700rpm. The car had a SAFC. When the battery died could it have reset the settings on the SAFC causing it to idle high? Also when i try to start the car now, it starts, but it seems to not want to etc etc...
I was going to do an oil change and get some new gas in it...any ideas to help would be great as i am stuck here and dont really know my way around...
Also my radio will not work anymore it just says code on it...nothing else.

Thanks,
Steve

 

[the_mork]

When it doesn't want to start is it just that it cranks slowly? Your alternator could be going bad, when my brother's blazer was shipped overseas his alternator went bad and it sounds like this is not uncommon. Otherwise, the ECU may just need some time to adjust after it was reset, tune your SAFC and see how things are from there. If you decide it might be the alternator get it tested before just replacing it.

 

[tunethis]

I'm not sure about the Safc issue but with the radio problem, read this...

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/problem-diagnosis/5422-security-code-radio-merged-11-6-a.html

 

[razey]

Yes crank slowly is what i mean, we are going to jump it and try to get it to pep boys. I was going to try to replace the battery first and take it from there as well as go through my SAFC settings.
Should i be replacing the alternator and the battery at the same time?

Thanks,
Steve

 

[STM tuned]

I'd try battery first as its easier and cheaper to rule out.

Could have possibly killed the alternator from jumping the car from dead battery and having it charge it fully from alternator alone.

-Brian
Street Tuned Motorsports.com - Rochester NY

 

[the_mork]

If you have a autozone or advanced auto parts or some other parts place down there they should be able to bench test the battery and most will test the alternator too. If they're both bad replace them both if just one is then just replace that one, but honestly if the car does anything then it really isn't going to be both.

 

[razey]

Well i swapped out the battery yesterday. My car is idling normally and everything seems to be running well. I know on some of my cars in the past they had a dash light taht would come on if my alternator was not charging properly. Does a 98 eclipse gs-t have one as well?
I guess i will most likley wait it out and see if new battery can hold a charge...if not the alternator is the next best thing i guess...
now to figure out my radio code =-(