| Subject: | 91 plymoth colt (has mitsubishi engine) |
| Question: | For the last couple
of days, when starting car,if I missed first firing, the car acted
like it got flooded and I would have to let it sit for a while. On
next try it would start. Yesterday, I had turned it off for a minute,
and it would not fire off after letting it sit. Tried this several
times. Called my brother and he came and we tried a tow start. It seemed
like it would try to ffire, but I could not keep it running. So wwe
towed it home where I checked for fire by grounding a spark plug-no
fire. Changed distributor cap and rotor; still no fire. Any sugestions? |
| Answer: | Ron, If you replace the cap and rotor, you still may have a problem with the distributor itself. That would be a very expensive replacement, but it would be worth testing. Also, common problem with Mitsubishi-based vehicles is that between
89-94, some under-rated capacitors were used on the ECU (the car's
computer). Those capacitors would eventually leak caustic fluid on
the rest of the board of the ECU, and cause serious damage. The most
common result of this problem of leaky capacitors is starting problems;
particularly, inability to fire the plugs. I'd recommend pulling
out your ECU and examing it for damage. |