98 Dimante ES Stalling question, Need Help FAST!
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98 Dimante ES Stalling question, Need Help FAST! - 7/26/2006 2:30:18 PM
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BigDASH
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Ok, First I hate that my first post is a question and not help for someone else.
Second, here is the problem. My wife's car is a 98 Mitsu Diamante ES it has almost 100K on it.
We were out of town last week and left it sitting in the garage and there was something that was left on head lights maybe and drained the Battery. I had the battery checked and charged but after that happened the car would not idle properly. It runs just fine above 800 - 1k rpm. But if my foot isn't on the gas and brake at the car will die once the motor gets up to operating temp.
My father in law suggested the fuel filter may be clogged...
I'm thinking that the IAC Valve may be clogged.
But I read that the onboard computer may be trying to reset itself due to the battery being killed. I have drivven the car for 2 days with 2 feet and the PC hasnt reset itself?
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RE: 98 Dimante ES Stalling question, Need Help FAST! - 7/26/2006 2:52:22 PM
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VR4GARY
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Try disconnecting the battery completely, then reconnect. Sometimes the system may malfunction on a low battery, or one that has completely drained while in the car. Does your model have the radio anti-theft system? If so, did you have to enter a code to get the radio back on? Try the battery thing, and let me know.
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RE: 98 Dimante ES Stalling question, Need Help FAST! - 7/26/2006 2:59:10 PM
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TheEngineer
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the ecu will only reset after to remove the positive from the battery. Do that for about 10 min. Then drive the car around the block and see if by that time it has fixed itself. You said it wasnt doing this until the battery was changed right? Or did you say you didnt change the battery and only recharged it? You may just need a new battery, how old is the one in there?
< Message edited by TheEngineer -- 7/26/2006 3:00:00 PM >
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RE: 98 Dimante ES Stalling question, Need Help FAST! - 7/26/2006 4:46:21 PM
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Manybrews
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when the battery went dead you lost your adaptive idle memory.
you need to clean your throttle body.
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