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2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse Repair Question


Topics covered: Coolant, Coolant leak, Engine.
Mileage: 185,000 miles.

Asked on March 19, 2013

Mitsubishi Eclipse Coolant Problem

My car is taking engine coolent like crazy and my cold air intake has fell off twice now and now my car is idling very bad and when i try to go the car is jumpy and jerky like it gets power then looses it almost like its miss firing like very bad

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Replied on March 19, 2013

Start with a cooling pressure test and locate any external coolant leaks and rectify these first, check for head gasket leak as well, start here.

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