02 Lancer Problem

lancerprblm wrote:
> I have a Mitsubishi Lancerwith 74,000 mls on it. I have taken very
> good care of it, oil changes regularly, i just had a tune up a month
> ago. i was driving down the street the other day and my radio went
> off, and my digital clock went so dim it was almost not visable. I
> got to where I was going and it wouldn’t start a few minutes after
> parking. I assumed it was the battery because after awhile we went
> out to try it again and it started. I went out and bought a brand new
> battery and 2 days later the same thing happened i drove it for about
> 1 minute and when i went to start it again it wouldn’t workand this
> time it didn’t start after awhile of waiting. We had the alternator
> checked out at 2 different places and they both say that the battery
> and the alternator are charging fine. Anything... Anyone know what
> could be wrong?
>


try cleaning the battery cables and using a noncorrosive spray sounds
like a bad ground
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I just had my timing belt, my water pump, my spark plugs, my air/fuel filters, and more replaced just before christmas when i had my tune up. I'm not sure about belt tension, would this problem occur if it were too loose or too tight? I will double check the wires, i checked once and didn't see anything abnormal but i will look a little closer, at the time i checked i was thinking it was the alternator so i didn't look too hard. I haven't noticed that any light comes on before i turn the key in the ignition. As for how it goes off, it doesn't even start. It usually starts and gets me where i need to go and then won't start when i need to leave. After i got a brand new battery it ran for a day and a half. It hasn't died in the middle of the road or anything it just wouldn't start the next time i went to go to start it. Thanks for your feedback. I'm very confused and i don't want to have to spend 100 dollars to have it hooked up a diagnostics machine. Worst thing i'm afraid of is that it's a computer chip or something..
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"lancerprblm" <none.RemoveThis@000.com> wrote in message
news:968884_fbe87c351d59d5ed10bd04f9b05beb85@autoboardz.com...
>I have a Mitsubishi Lancerwith 74,000 mls on it. I have taken very
> good care of it, oil changes regularly, i just had a tune up a month
> ago. i was driving down the street the other day and my radio went
> off, and my digital clock went so dim it was almost not visable.

Likley bad ground somewhere, or else a short. Start with the biggest in the
engine bay: battery and ground links from the engine to the chassis. The
work you had done recently could well have dislodged something.

Make sure the alternator belt is correctly tensioned and the brackets are
tight. Check the various cables on the battery +ive post for burned or
discoloured connector insulation.

R/R all the engine harness connectors you can see, using a squirt of WD40 on
each one.

Its unlikely to be an ECU problem, given that the lights went dim, and the
engine still runs (sometimes). ECUs have capacitors that can start to leak,
but the usual failure mode is the engine stops and can be restarted, or the
ECU burns up internally. This is SIMILAR to your problem, but a failing ECU
would not cause the lights to dim.

There is the MPI relay behind the dash that is sometimes problematic in
older models. This provides power to the ECU and fuel pump.

If the above does not help. the next thing is to get any error codes from
the ECU.

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Stewart DIBBS
www.pixcl.com/lancerproject.htm
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i am actually having the exact same problem right now. last time this happened to my car, we ended up letting it sit for two weeks just to figure out what was wrong with it. came to find out, there is a fuse on your battery that you have to replace usually. make sure to check that, most lancers have it these days and im hoping that is my only problem at this point. but check the fuse on the batter. its called the alternator fuse or something. its under the red cover on your battery.
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This topic is old, however I had the same problem as well. It all happened one evening when I started the engine and I realised the check battery light was on. While driving I noticed that some of the button lights on the dashboard where completely off and I thought "OMG my lancer must be getting really old". Moments later I realise the radio has stopped working and all the lights on the dashboard where dimming. I pulled up at a gas station, turned off the engine and got some gas. When I tried to crank the engine, it refused to start. A few minutes went by as I was trying to find a solution and I tried again, this time it started without any glitch.

I drove couple of yards and the engine died in the middle of the road while I was waiting for the light to turn green. Someone told me it was an alternator problem and I needed to charge my battery and head straight home. I did just that. From what I read online so far, the problem could be an alternator belt tension, the alternator itself, voltage problem, cable connectors, or the fuse underneath the red cap on the battery. Oh well, I hoped it was just a fuse problem.

So I went and popped the hood. Flashlight in hand, I looked down the alternator area.... and voila! There is no belt. Don't ask me how the belt got off 'cos I don't know myself. I cranked the engined and it started so I will take the car to the shop tomorrow. I hope that it's just the belt.
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