Flippacase1
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- Nov 3, 2014
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Attleboro,
Massachusetts
Hey everyone, so I have been having some issues with my 98 eclipse rs (420a, n/t, 5 speed) since I bought it a couple months ago. To describe the issues:
-Runs rough at low rpms. Won't idle unless I give it some gas, smooths out completely above like 1500rpms.
My initial thoughts on this issue were some kind of vaccum leak but that wasnt the case. After some reading on here I replaced the pcv valve, cleaned the egr valve, cleaned the throttle body, and cleaned the iac. All had no noticeable affect.
Then today when I was driving my oil light came on for a few seconds during a sharp turn and then went off again. That wasn't a big deal but later in the day I was on a short drive, under ten miles, and I noticed my temperature gauge was creeping up past the 3/4 point. I cranked up the heat to draw it away from the engine and thankfully I reached my destination before the temp got into the red. When I turned off the car steam was pouring out of the hood and when I popped the hood I saw that the coolant was boiling out of the reservoir. I topped off the coolant a few weeks ago and judging by my cars soaked engine bay and bumper and driveway, the overheating wasn't caused by lack of coolant. After a few hours I went for a drive and there were no problems with overheating whatsoever.
What do we think? I've read a bunch of possibilities and I think I might know what it is, but before I shell out a bunch of money on something that might not even be causing the problem I figured I'd get a second opinion or two...or ten. So if you guys could help me out that'd be awesome!
-Runs rough at low rpms. Won't idle unless I give it some gas, smooths out completely above like 1500rpms.
My initial thoughts on this issue were some kind of vaccum leak but that wasnt the case. After some reading on here I replaced the pcv valve, cleaned the egr valve, cleaned the throttle body, and cleaned the iac. All had no noticeable affect.
Then today when I was driving my oil light came on for a few seconds during a sharp turn and then went off again. That wasn't a big deal but later in the day I was on a short drive, under ten miles, and I noticed my temperature gauge was creeping up past the 3/4 point. I cranked up the heat to draw it away from the engine and thankfully I reached my destination before the temp got into the red. When I turned off the car steam was pouring out of the hood and when I popped the hood I saw that the coolant was boiling out of the reservoir. I topped off the coolant a few weeks ago and judging by my cars soaked engine bay and bumper and driveway, the overheating wasn't caused by lack of coolant. After a few hours I went for a drive and there were no problems with overheating whatsoever.
What do we think? I've read a bunch of possibilities and I think I might know what it is, but before I shell out a bunch of money on something that might not even be causing the problem I figured I'd get a second opinion or two...or ten. So if you guys could help me out that'd be awesome!