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I know there's a ton of posts about this already, but none of them seem to have helped me.
1997 Eclipse GST 195,xxx k miles original engine
All of the engine bay is still stock except for the intake which is Dijon.
I just replaced the starter and now I'm having a slight idle surge and I also noticed that if I rev the engine the surge increases rpm a tad bit every time. While driving around my complex the car seemed to have an issue around 3k rpm and felt like the car was lacking power to be able to go any further accompanied by some lag getting to the 3k mark. I re checked all the vacuum lines and power connections and they seemed to be snug and none appeared to be damaged under the throttle body and around the evap canister. I also checked the ECT because I've had idle issues before due to the ECT not being snug enough. Is there something I could've knocked off while pulling and pushing the starter out of its clustered cage that I couldn't see way in there?
I did notice something a bit odd though. While I had the car running the second time idle was perfectly normal until I gave it gas. Also, I was under the hood while it was idling normally and knocked my arm into a black can looking device on the passengers side (edit) to the right of the fuse box and the idle went up 200 rpm. No check engine light during all of this. If I missed a post on something similar to this, my apologies and feel free to redirect me. Any help would be great!
1997 Eclipse GST 195,xxx k miles original engine
All of the engine bay is still stock except for the intake which is Dijon.
I just replaced the starter and now I'm having a slight idle surge and I also noticed that if I rev the engine the surge increases rpm a tad bit every time. While driving around my complex the car seemed to have an issue around 3k rpm and felt like the car was lacking power to be able to go any further accompanied by some lag getting to the 3k mark. I re checked all the vacuum lines and power connections and they seemed to be snug and none appeared to be damaged under the throttle body and around the evap canister. I also checked the ECT because I've had idle issues before due to the ECT not being snug enough. Is there something I could've knocked off while pulling and pushing the starter out of its clustered cage that I couldn't see way in there?
I did notice something a bit odd though. While I had the car running the second time idle was perfectly normal until I gave it gas. Also, I was under the hood while it was idling normally and knocked my arm into a black can looking device on the passengers side (edit) to the right of the fuse box and the idle went up 200 rpm. No check engine light during all of this. If I missed a post on something similar to this, my apologies and feel free to redirect me. Any help would be great!
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