R34GSX
15+ Year Contributor
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- Feb 3, 2006
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Minneapolis,
Minnesota
During fall, the car was still running. So Then winter came, and snowed for 2 weeks. Then I bought my car from my cousin, it was a 90 Eclipse GS-X. He came and gave me the key, and I warmed up the engine. I was sitting in the car for a long time, and the temp isn't even half way. So after sitting in there for 20 minutes. So decided, maybe this was enough..., it was halfway to.. halfway. Next day I didn't start the car.., and then next day I did and the car stopped working. Had cousin touched the battery wiring.., and see if the wiring were off.., they were pretty rusty. Lights and everything doesn't work. Then somehow after messing with the battery wiring, my cousin turn on the engine and it started clicking. So we try to jumped start it with my cousins truck. But the car only clicks, but didn't start. Then the truck died. Probably because the GS-X motor sucked out all the battery...
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Then my car sat for a week. I borrowed my friends battery from his 1g GS-T to see if it was the battery. Once we got the battery installed. Lights around the car came on. I told cousin to start it, and it was still clicking. Cousin brought out their other truck, and try to jump start it again. That finally worked! Engine started, and I had to go get some gas for it, since it was on empty. It was weird when cousin was trying to pull down the windows while the radio is still on. The Radio sound will go very low, static. The we went to a gas station about 4 blocks away. After getting gas I told cousin to floor it, but it felt like it was an all motor, since the car is boosted 22 psi. Cousin said there might be somethin wrong with one of my pistons,
. Then when we got about 2 blocks away, my cousin stopped on a stop, and the car's lights started dimming. RPM would drop about a little bar lower then 1k rpm. When he rev the motor the lights came on bright, but when he let it sit, the lights looked like it was gonna die out. We went as fast as possible back to cousins house. Then after that, the car engines didn't start ever again, and I live Horribly ever after....,
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Cousins said might be alternator, and sparkplugs. So I bought a new alternator a month ago for 200 bucks,WTF ..., and new belts, and plan on buying spark plugs as soon as possible after installing the alternator. No one has time to help install it. Plus it's outside and it's mad cold outside.., that's probably why,
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.Then my car sat for a week. I borrowed my friends battery from his 1g GS-T to see if it was the battery. Once we got the battery installed. Lights around the car came on. I told cousin to start it, and it was still clicking. Cousin brought out their other truck, and try to jump start it again. That finally worked! Engine started, and I had to go get some gas for it, since it was on empty. It was weird when cousin was trying to pull down the windows while the radio is still on. The Radio sound will go very low, static. The we went to a gas station about 4 blocks away. After getting gas I told cousin to floor it, but it felt like it was an all motor, since the car is boosted 22 psi. Cousin said there might be somethin wrong with one of my pistons,
. Then when we got about 2 blocks away, my cousin stopped on a stop, and the car's lights started dimming. RPM would drop about a little bar lower then 1k rpm. When he rev the motor the lights came on bright, but when he let it sit, the lights looked like it was gonna die out. We went as fast as possible back to cousins house. Then after that, the car engines didn't start ever again, and I live Horribly ever after...., . Cousins said might be alternator, and sparkplugs. So I bought a new alternator a month ago for 200 bucks,WTF ..., and new belts, and plan on buying spark plugs as soon as possible after installing the alternator. No one has time to help install it. Plus it's outside and it's mad cold outside.., that's probably why,
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They make commercial battery terminal cleaners if you're not into the "OG" style, though. I have always used Coke, though 
