Car keeps dying

Asked by chris Jul 16, 2018 at 06:37 PM about the 1992 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS 2.0

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Car keeps dying when I start it will only idle sometimes
and when I drive it it will die then jump back to life the
whole car will jolt and sometimes squeal the tires have
no clue what it could be

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Brianator answered 5 years ago

Start by testing the throttle position sensor with a multimeter, a analog one is preferred over digital as the needle can pick up dropouts and fluctuations that are missed by a digital readout

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