On Jan 20, 4:28 pm, "stacy" <stac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ok where to start......my cirrus has been great up until a few months
ago.
> The check engine light came on and then it stalled and wouldnt restart.
I
> had it towed to the mechanic and he determined that the distrubutor was
bad.
> He said the oring had failed and there was oil inside of it. I had him
> replace it and also had a tune up since it has 120k miles. It got the
> distrubutor, plugs, wires, crankshaft sensor, air filter, pcv valve,
valve
> cover gaskets/spark plug tube gaskets.......I thought i had everything
> covered. It now has an occasional random misfire code. I wanted to get
the
> timing belt done next but now im hesitant to spend more money. I have
gone
> 1000 miles and the code just reappeared. My gas mileage is down
slightly. I
> was getting around 26-29 mpg mostly highway and now im getting around
24-25
> with the same driving.. Any ideas.
>
> 98 chrysler cirrus
> 2.5 v-6
> 120,000 miles
>
> Still on the original alternator, starter, and battery.....i know the
> battery needs to be replaced but i just want to see how long it will go
:)
>
> thanks in advance
> Larry
Larry, refer to this post:
http://www.alldata.com/techtips/2005/20050502a.html
It seems like a very likely problem to me that there is a vac*** leak.
Few months ago, I had got the spark plugs, spark plug wires and
crankshaft sensor on my '96 chrysler sebring convertible replaced from
a mechanic, and the car started misfiring really badly. I took it back
to the mechanic for inspection and he identified it to a vac*** leak..
i do not know what exact component introduced the vac*** leak, but it
did fix my engine misfire.
It would seem to me that you have a similar situation since the
symptoms are the same, and I guess checking on this will surely be
cheaper than looking into any other things like timing belt, etc.
Thanks,
VK
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