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On my wife’s car, a 2002 Galant, it can’t make it up standard red ramps so I sometimes will raise the bumper several inches with a floor jack try to get the ramp started a bit first.
Yeah I re-read the quote and it was for that, belts, water pump and a few other things.
On his Eclipse, he said that you can unbolt the cam shaft and lift it out without taking off the cam gear but on the SOHC engine, the cam gear has to come off and he didn’t have a tool for that. We tried to put a piece of wood in the sprocket and brace against the head but it didn’t seem to work.
Ok well tried with a friend who’s a DSM Tuner guy today but hit a road block. We had the FSM on my laptop but they showed needing a special tool to hold the cam in place. Sort of a Y shaped tool that fits in the sprockets of the cam so you can pull that one way while using a ratchet on the bolt. To keep from just rotating the engine.
Is there a name for a tool like that?
EDIT: Ok camshaft pulley tool.
What would be a fair price to be charged for this service? I already bought the cam seal. It was less than $10
You could also try spraying the belts with some of the no-squeal spray, if it doesn’t relaly help, you might have problems with other parts.
I would check on Alternator, PowerSteering pump and A/C Compressor (and clutch)
It might just be a simple vacuum leak. You might take a propane torch (unlit of course) and turn the gas on and trace around all the hoses going into the intake and throttle body. Look for sudden engine speed changes.
The brake issue could be a vacuum problem as well as the brake booster is “powered” by engine vacuum.
Many newer cars specify under the hood what to use. Since my Jeep shares an engine block with Hyundai and Mitsubishi I was going to put in NGK plugs, and after I bought them I looked at the hood and it said to use NGK plugs.
It heats up, gets a little tacky and starts gripping. Could also be a bearing on an acessory or pulley.
Do you know if you’re running a 4g63, 4g64 or 420A engine in your eclipse?
And is it turbo/Non-turbo?EDIT: OK The GSX is 4g63-Turbo.
I’m still leaning towards a wire-short or a MAF issue.
You’ve got an OBDII system so try to get a cheap cable and pull some live data from it.
Well they are known for ball joint problems. I just didn’t think that would make this kind of noise.
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I would start off by jacking up the front and giving the wheels a shake and see if there is any play in the tie rods/ball joints and I would check to see if there is a simple solution like maybe something is rubbing