car acting up

Asked by jiggadre Jul 05, 2015 at 11:35 AM about the 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

i was driving one night in the rain. i had my headlights ac and radio on. i came to a light and the car started to stutter. the rpms dropped then picked back up. it kept doing this till the light turned green and i accelerated. the next day i started the car, it started up then shut off automatically. i waited a few seconds started the car up again and it worked just fine. what could be the cause of this?

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T_S_T answered 8 years ago

Most likely need,s a good throttle body cleaning,and may be run some gas treatment through it.

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