Will not stay running

Tiny
JOSHUA TRIVETT
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  • 1999 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE
  • 2.0L
  • 4 CYL
  • 2WD
  • MANUAL
  • 186,000 MILES
Car starts and idles but pull out and shuts off.
Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 AT 7:10 PM

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Tiny
KASEKENNY
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So the car shuts off as soon as you put it in gear? Or will it stay running until you give it gas and let the clutch out?

Here is a guide that will help with this:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-stalls

However, if it stalls as soon as you put it in gear or even start to let the clutch out, then I suspect the clutch is failing and not fully disengaging? So when you put it in gear it pulls the engine down and stalls it. Does it jump a little or jerk at all as it is stalling or does it stall out like it is running out of fuel?

Here is a guide that helps with this as well:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/clutch-doesnt-work-sometimes-or-not-at-all

Let's start with this info and go from there. Thanks
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Thursday, January 7th, 2021 AT 3:51 PM

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