this is weird

[lou schmouder]

My eclipse will not crank with alt plugged in.I can start car with it unplugged then plug it in and my battery goes up to 13.98 but my power post gets hot. Also may not matter but , after 4k rpm its backfireing or misfireing. advance tested my alt 15 time becaused it failed the frist but passed all the other 14 times. This is crazy could my belt be to tight???? please help

 

[akira235]

have they tested the alternator?

 

[lou schmouder]

it was 15 times frist time it failed

 

[97-gst]

i had a similar problem and my car wouldnt rev very high, very hard to get it to start, i had faulty wiring on my Coil on plug setup. I had to get an obdII reader to determine my problem

 

[lou schmouder]

got a dsm link what was your problem??? more info

 

[97-gst]

multiple cylinder misfire, i just rewired all the wires underneath my coilpacks, and it fixed the problem. I would go to rev it up in neutral and it wouldnt rev past 4500 rpms. It was like hitting the rev limiter. then a day later i would try to start it and it would barely start then it would idle really rough and then die.

 

[lou schmouder]

sounds like it thanx

did your coil packs get hot???

 

[97-gst]

i'm not sure i never really felt them, i do know that when i opened my hood in the dark and leaned overtop of them while it was running, i could see sparks dancing around

 

[lou schmouder]

wow . I wounder if that would cause the pos battery post to get hot ????