Actually, the problem ended up being a crappy connection. So, that problem (the battery light coming on) is fixed. Now, the misfire is another story. Turns out the middle an right injector on the front of the motor are faulty. Both cylinders are getting spark and both injectors are firing, so they must be clogged. I am looking on rockauto.com and I found some decent priced remans. Anyone have any input on these? http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php
Any difference between the two cheapest ones? I am not buying new ones for $150 so one of the two will have to work. Let me know! Thanks for all of the help.
Well, I got the car completely back together last night and it seemed to idle a little better and drive fine so I decided to tell her that she could drive the car to school today. Apparently the car ran extremely rough and the battery light came back on so she drove back home and took her dads truck to school. WTF? So anyway, that ground strap is back on and the alternator connections are good. What other wiring commonly causes problems. How should I go about locating the problem and fixing it? Could it possibly just be the battery? Shouldn't the car run fine as long as it starts even with a shitty battery? I hate working on the POS chrysler seems to have designed their cars to be extremely annoying to work on. I work on 350 chevy's which are much easier to work on and seem to have alot less need to be worked on as well. Long story short, I am at a loss as far as how to locate the problem. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks!
got the alternator out, had it tested. It was fine. Now, I get to spend 2 hours putting the thing back together. I have already had the intake off twice so It's not that big of a deal, takes me about 20 minutes to get it off. I had to remove the intake, the power steering pump, both drive belts, the EGR tube, the upper intake support bracket, some sort of vacuum or emissions box, and pull really hard to get the thing out. I drove into town and had O'Reilly's test it and it tested great, so that was a big waste of time. While disassembling the car, I did find that the body, to engine ground strap was disconnected which I guess could cause a problem. If spark doesn't have a good ground, that could cause a problem right? I don't know where else to look for this problem. I could look into how hard it is to replace the timing belt. I Have done it before on other cars and I can drive her wherever she needs to go if it takes me too long. Usually if I get a day to do something I can get it done. Me and a buddy of mine swapped engines in a honda accord and had it running again the same night we pulled the old one so I'm not too extremely worried about time. Weather has been a bigger factor the past few days since she didn't leave her keys at home the day I started the work so it got taken apart outside instead of in the garage, I might try to take it in the garage today if I go there to work on it today. Anyway, thanks for your quick responses. As far as figuring out this problem, would a faulty EGR cause some sort of problem? The tube had clogged once awhile back and they took it somewhere. All they did was clean out the tube and give it back and charge them way too much. Where should I start? Thanks again!
Hi all. I looked through the forums and it seems there are lots of knowledgeable people to help me out with these problems. I am working on my girlfriends 1997 Sebring Coupe 2.5L. The car idles like crap and it's throwing a random cylinder misfire code. On top of this, when i try to adjust the idle at the TB, if I slide the adjustment even a bit toward the passenger side, the idle shoots up to almost 2k. If i move it just a bit back, it drops back down to 450-550 and crappy. Also, the voltage light turned on and I have expected the alternator to go out on it soon anyways so I already picked one up and got he alternator completely loose. Problem is, I can't get the thing out of the engine compartment. I have replaced the intake plenum gasket before, so I know how to remove/install the plenum, but I was trying to avoid further disassembly. Does the intake HAVE to come off to get the alternator out? I don't mean that I want to remove the CV shaft to take it out either, even thought that looks like it might work. Let me know your thoughts on these topics and I'd appreciate it.
I saw TPS, EGR, and IAC are common problems. After reading a few threads, I am almost thinking TPS because of the Idle adjustment problem, but there was an issue with the EGR awhile back as well, so it could be the culprit as well. Thanks in advance for your help
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Now, I get to spend 2 hours putting the thing back together. I have already had the intake off twice so It's not that big of a deal, takes me about 20 minutes to get it off. I had to remove the intake, the power steering pump, both drive belts, the EGR tube, the upper intake support bracket, some sort of vacuum or emissions box, and pull really hard to get the thing out. I drove into town and had O'Reilly's test it and it tested great, so that was a big waste of time. While disassembling the car, I did find that the body, to engine ground strap was disconnected which I guess could cause a problem. If spark doesn't have a good ground, that could cause a problem right? I don't know where else to look for this problem. I could look into how hard it is to replace the timing belt. I Have done it before on other cars and I can drive her wherever she needs to go if it takes me too long. Usually if I get a day to do something I can get it done. Me and a buddy of mine swapped engines in a honda accord and had it running again the same night we pulled the old one so I'm not too extremely worried about time. Weather has been a bigger factor the past few days since she didn't leave her keys at home the day I started the work so it got taken apart outside instead of in the garage, I might try to take it in the garage today if I go there to work on it today. Anyway, thanks for your quick responses. As far as figuring out this problem, would a faulty EGR cause some sort of problem? The tube had clogged once awhile back and they took it somewhere. All they did was clean out the tube and give it back and charge them way too much. Where should I start? Thanks again!
