why does my car cut off
Asked by cargal26272015 Feb 12, 2015 at 07:10 PM about the 2000 Mitsubishi Galant
Question type: Maintenance & Repair
so I just renctly replaced my alternator and got a new battery I recently had issues with it overheating replaced my bad radiator recently my car will start and I can drive it but I have to stay on the gas or it just cuts off and dies and I have to stay on the gas for it to not die when I stop at a light or stop sign what could this be?
5 Answers
cargal26272015 answered 9 years ago
even though its been months and months since those got replaced even maybe a year since I repalaced those?
honda_ASE_master_tec... answered 9 years ago
take it to a shop and have them perform a cylinder leak down test and a compression test to ensure the integrity of the head gasket. A week or damaged head gasket is the biggest vacuum leak and engine can have seeing is the engine is what produces the vacuum.
Idle control valve ...my car did the same thing got a new fixed the problem
Mr_stoopidmf1 answered 3 years ago
I replaced the radiator &now the car has trouble turning on but when it does it does out after a few seconds inless i hold the gas down, what can it be ?
