hello
1989 mitsubishi colt (4 cyl; 1.5 L; fuel injected) runs VERY WELL on the highWay however, was *tuned up* (spark plus; spark plug wires; air filter. pcv; ignition rotor) last month last week the mechanic (???technician???) cleaned out(?) ALL_of_the_vacuum hoses to correct a rough idle and hesitation. (should they be cleaned or repl'd?) however, now on startUp XS STRONG SMELL of fuel (esp from tailPipe) and using > usual. i found the fuel filter which is rusted and o.l.d. (and should be rpl'd every year at its age.) just wonder since now again it hesitates and sporadically has rough idle whether this could be due to a very O.L.D. fuel filter? which the nonChrysler place doesn't want to rpl also supposedly the ignition wires are the original and i wanted them rpl'd but was told not necessary..... could that cause the hesitation? finally: when i turn on the a/c which (afaik) never worked, the idle goes down (according to manual idle should increase w/ the a/c) (from 700 rpm to 400) A.N.D. turning on the lights, the idle tanks and the dash lights and clock dim (to nonExistant (despite the dimmer switch)) and w/ the wipers it really slows. although the alternator light does_not_come_on, how reliable is this if it's part of the electrical and if the alt is insufficient/dying, it's not going to send extra power to the panel lights is it? i thank you VERY MUCH in advance-- to reply, userName tjtmd separate by the sign domain: attglobal.net (userNamedomain)