97 galant: radio shuts off, engine hesitates, radio turns back on

On 21 Mar 2006 18:26:49 -0800, against all advice, something compelled " snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com" , to say:

Has it done this since the tune up?

Yes, I got a tune up 2 days ago. I thought that would help. But the radio shuts down and the engine hesitates and sometimes stalls. When it does not stall, the radio eventually turns back on after a few seconds and the engine regains full power. I heard this is a sign that my alternator may be starting to fail. But the alternator checks out ok. Perhaps I'll change the alternator anyway.

Steve Daniels a scris:

Does the dome light go out too? I know you most likely don't know that, but worth a try. I would check the fuses in the engine bay. I can't remember exactly, but one of them should be a cluster of four labled something (poorly translated) like "habical". This is the same one used to reset the ECU on the 2G DSM. If this is loose or semi-shorted it will cause the same problem.

On 22 Mar 2006 06:50:20 -0800, against all advice, something compelled " snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com" , to say:

You'll spend a lot of money just swapping out parts hoping to find the one at fault. That money would be better spent with a professional mechanic, one to whom you can return if he fails to fix the problem.