93 Eclipse GS 1.8L Manaul No start

Dec 09, 2007 3 Replies

Hi all,



Sorry i have not been active latey, and i want to thank all who have helped me before..Nut now i have another serious problem that i need more brainpower for.



My buddy just picked up an eclipse, and when he purchased it, the previous owner, claimed, that she was driving down the highway and the vechile just died. My first reaction was alternator, so i tested the output, the alternator was fine. The battery was just replaced, the timing belt as well, so yesterday, i put a jumper pack, to try and start the car, the engine cranked, but was cranking way to slowly..so my next thought was the starter. boy i seem to be on a roll with being wrong on this car, so i installed the new starter and now the pinion engages, but the engine does not crank, even with my jumper pack attached..i am preforming a tune up now..so if you can give me any more ideas i would greatly appericate it....


Chad(the silly newb tech)


Are you using your jumper pack on the battery or at the starter?

What happens when you apply 12v directly to the starter without using any of the existing wiring?

Sounds like you might need to put the old starter back in as well.

Sounds like a bad battery to me. What is the voltage reading on the battery? If you get an internal short on the battery your battery pack isn't going to help much.

Steve B.

Well gentlemen, the battery is brand new, and when i put power to the old and new starter the pinion will engage and spin, i found a small issue one of the bolt holes in the starter housing is stripped. So i am going to try and put an helicoil in and see if i can fix the problem, i know believe the starter may not be sitting in the bell housing correctly. The battery reads 12.6 volts. I am also going to replace the cable positive and negative, due to corrision i see on them.

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