TheRock0720
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- Jan 5, 2011
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Southern,
New_Hampshire
Well I started my car and it took a second to start (longer than usual) (and its about 19 degrees ouside, its winter). I let it warm up to running temperature and I drove down the road until I got till the end of my road and aproached the street, I stopped and as I pulled out my cars RPMs dropped and it ran like crap. Its the samething that happened before and we thought it was the Cat (which we just replaced the day before). But before the cars RPMs would only drop when we put it in gear (Drive), but reverse would be okay. Now, its running rough and what not in any gear (Park, Neutral, Drive, Second, First).
The car has no power what so ever, it can't handle any kind of load.
I had to get it back home, so I let it sit for a little so the car could cool (which I did before and that worked), but not this time. The car was smoking and smelt so bad (kind of like oil burning). I started it and it was running at 100 RPMs, and I would give it gas (almost all the way to the floor) and the car would only move like 2 inches. Also, when the car is running the Check Engine Light flashes (when the car is running like it was).
I noticed that it seems to misfiring very bad, the check engine light flashes when the car is running some of the time. Also, the tailpipe smells of strong gasoline.
I checked the plugs and wires and they are in perfect condition, but the plugs smell like strong Gasoline.
Here is a video that I recorded so you could get a taste of what its like.
1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse Misfiring
Things replaced:
Spark Plugs and Wires
Cat Converter (replaced with Walker Brand Direct Fit)
Air Filter
Oil (Mobil 1 Synthetic 5W20)
Lucas Fuel Injector Treatment (into gas tank)
Serpentine Belt
The car has no power what so ever, it can't handle any kind of load.
I had to get it back home, so I let it sit for a little so the car could cool (which I did before and that worked), but not this time. The car was smoking and smelt so bad (kind of like oil burning). I started it and it was running at 100 RPMs, and I would give it gas (almost all the way to the floor) and the car would only move like 2 inches. Also, when the car is running the Check Engine Light flashes (when the car is running like it was).
I noticed that it seems to misfiring very bad, the check engine light flashes when the car is running some of the time. Also, the tailpipe smells of strong gasoline.
I checked the plugs and wires and they are in perfect condition, but the plugs smell like strong Gasoline.
Here is a video that I recorded so you could get a taste of what its like.
1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse Misfiring
Things replaced:
Spark Plugs and Wires
Cat Converter (replaced with Walker Brand Direct Fit)
Air Filter
Oil (Mobil 1 Synthetic 5W20)
Lucas Fuel Injector Treatment (into gas tank)
Serpentine Belt