stalling 95 Eclipse

"red dragon" <Hartsvillejames RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote in message
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>I have 95 Eclipse that keeps at low speeds and idle. I have tried
> changing the fuel filter,plugs,wires.

OK, it idles and revs to about 2000 rpm. Have you checked the cam belt
timing? You may have slipped a tooth or two.

The fuel pump may also be having difficulty delivering fuel for a variety of
reasons. This does NOT necessarily mean that the fuel pump needs to be
replaced.

Remove the fuel cap and see if the engine runs properly. What can happen is
that the evaporative purge system gets blocked or damaged, and the pump
generates a partial vacuum in the tank. Eventually the vacuum exceeds the
pumps capability to deliver fuel.

Also, on the injector rail end you'll find the pressure relief valve that
returns fuel to the tank. If this has failed you won't get enough pressure
to run at other than idle or so. you can simply remove the valve and
TEMPORARILY block the valve hole with a disk of, say, plastic or thin
aluminium to stop fuel return. If the engine now runs properly, there's the
problem.


You may also have dirt in the tank that's blocking the in-tank filter.
Consider draining the tank from the drain hole, if it has one.


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On Jun 11, 11:14 pm, red dragon <Hartsvilleja....DeleteThis@aol.com> wrote:
> I have 95 Eclipse that keeps at low speeds and idle. I have tried
> changing the fuel filter,plugs,wires.Desperately in need of help,
> any ideas?.

i went through a similar problem until my friend who is an auto
mechanic came over and helped me. I had also changed out the fuel
filter, spark plugs, wires, vacuum hoses, etc. Here is what it
turned out to be. If you pull the spark plug wires out of the engine
and shine a flashlight down into the holes, at least on mine, there
was a very miniscule amount of standing oil in them. This was causing
the electricity to conduct between the engine block and the spark plug
rather than at the other end of the plug where it is supposed to. He
sprayed some "brake cleaner" down in there and use an air compressor
to blow the rest out, then stuck something down in there with a paper
towel to get the rest. The car was completely different afterwords.
However, it would still idle rough every now and then. I told him
about it and he said he forgot to use this special grease on the plug
wires that helps conduct electricity from the wires to the plugs. So
he came back over and applied that, and it has run smoothly every
since and that was over a year ago. Here I was thinking it was
something more serious, and it just needed something simple done.
However, the problem is caused by a leaky head-gasket and so the
problem is likely to return and I'll have to clean it out again.
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"adric22" <adric22 RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Jun 11, 11:14 pm, red dragon <Hartsvilleja... RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote:
> However, the problem is caused by a leaky head-gasket and so the
> problem is likely to return and I'll have to clean it out again.

Actually no, there's no connection from the head gasket to the plug tube.
What DOES leak are the big O rings that sit on top of the plug tubes under
the valve cover.

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