02 Galant Many problems!!!
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02 Galant Many problems!!! - 1/18/2007 10:36:33 PM
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TheKid
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Sup guys! I'm new here. Looks like a good forum. I'm posting for my dad. Anyways, he has a 4cyl 02 Galant ES Automatic. Everything stock. Maintained pretty good. Basic things. Oil and filter every 2500-3000mi. Tranny Fluid every 20k. The car has around 130,000. No tune up has been done except spark plugs. Air filter is clean
Anyways some of my problems
Check engine soon light has come on. ( going to go to Kragen to check it)
When flooring it from a full stop, engine stutters. Hesitation. But once around 20mph flooring it, it is smooth and good power.
Timing belt was changed by a really bad autoshop. Each time i hit 4000RPM, the gas pedal begins to shake badly.
I haven't done major maintenance. like fuel filter or fuel pump.
Any suggestions? At all? Anything would help. I'm going to take out the fuel injector and see if theres any carbon build up. Anything else I should look for? THANK-YOU!
*edit BTW what is this thing about ECM reflash? Is it for the 02 Galant?
< Message edited by TheKid -- 1/18/2007 10:37:26 PM >
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RE: 02 Galant Many problems!!! - 1/19/2007 5:54:54 PM
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Manybrews
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ORIGINAL: TheKid
Check engine soon light has come on. ( going to go to Kragen to check it)
When flooring it from a full stop, engine stutters. Hesitation. But once around 20mph flooring it, it is smooth and good power.
sounds like its misfiring.. could be a bunch of reasons. start by getting the trouble codes out of the PCM.
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Timing belt was changed by a really bad autoshop. Each time i hit 4000RPM, the gas pedal begins to shake badly.
one (if not both) of the balance shafts are out of synch.. it happens a lot when morons try to set up timing belts, because the oil pump/balance shaft combo is actually geared at a 2 to 1 ratio. Meaning you can line up the timing marks, but be one full rotation out of synch.
that will actually amplify vibration rather than eliminate it.
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I haven't done major maintenance. like fuel filter or fuel pump.
no filter to change. Its part of the pump assembly, and requires no service.
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*edit BTW what is this thing about ECM reflash? Is it for the 02 Galant?
there is a software update for a potential false misfire code.. meaning the car may not be misfiring, but pops a code for it anyway.
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RE: 02 Galant Many problems!!! - 1/21/2007 6:12:09 PM
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TheKid
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Thanks manybrews! Anyways, I went to Autozone and got the code. It was P0304. #4 Cylinder Misfiring. Then I went back home and switch the 2 ignition coils. now the CEL light was on but it was on #2. Now this didn't make sense! the firing order was 1-3-4-2. Anyone make of this?
As for the balancer, we'll see. In my autoshop at my HS, we checked out the mounts and the front mount was bad. Hope whgen we replace this, the vibration will be better!
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