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> Hello All It's Good To Be Here!, Just bought my car but BIG issues
rustbird
post Aug 24 2008, 02:25 AM
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It's a 2003 Eclipse GT convertable, auto. I didn't notice this when test driving it, but any time that the RPM's rise above about 5k (give or take) the car completely bogs down and creeps to redline.... and the whole time it does this i heard a loud hissing noise from the engine bay while driving.

Here's the kicker though, it didn't do it while in neutral and just revving it...... UGH, any help is appreciated, and it's great to be here, i'm Arthur!

P.S. yes it's under warranty, BUT i'd like to get a good idea of what's wrong so they don't try to screw me at the dealer.

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post Aug 24 2008, 02:36 AM
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Searching randomly FTW!

http://www.mitsubishi-forums.com/t36837-hi...weird-noise.htm

I'm going to go look at this now, those symptoms are IDENTICAL to mine... :) I <3 this site already!
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post Aug 24 2008, 03:01 AM
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Welcome to the forums.

As for your problem, it could be a number of things.

I had this same type of problem, I would get up above about 4500RPM's and I would feel a huge loss in power and then I would also hear a hissing noise like you do. Turned out I had a stick in my stock intake and it was clogging it causing the issue.

It could be a vacuum leak that's causing this cause there was a 2000 GT hatchback that I testdrove and it did the same thing but I didn't buy it and 1 week later I saw somebody else test driving it but it was broken down on the side of the road with smoke pouring out of the hood.

Or the other one I could think of is that the scoop for your stock intake, could be loose and flopping around and that could be causing it. Cause quite a few people have described your symptoms and that was what turned out to be the issue.

Off the top of my head those are the things that I can think of that might fit your situation. So I hope one of those ends up helping you out.
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post Aug 24 2008, 03:09 AM
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QUOTE(silver03GS @ Aug 24 2008, 03:01 AM)
Welcome to the forums.

As for your problem, it could be a number of things.

I had this same type of problem, I would get up above about 4500RPM's and I would feel a huge loss in power and then I would also hear a hissing noise like you do. Turned out I had a stick in my stock intake and it was clogging it causing the issue.

It could be a vacuum leak that's causing this cause there was a 2000 GT hatchback that I testdrove and it did the same thing but I didn't buy it and 1 week later I saw somebody else test driving it but it was broken down on the side of the road with smoke pouring out of the hood.

Or the other one I could think of is that the scoop for your stock intake, could be loose and flopping around and that could be causing it. Cause quite a few people have described your symptoms and that was what turned out to be the issue.

Off the top of my head those are the things that I can think of that might fit your situation. So I hope one of those ends up helping you out.
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I just popped the hood and the 2 bolts were missing on the front of the intake area.... SIGH, gonna see if i can find something temporary till i get replacements from them :) I'm gonna do this quick, test it and get back to ya if it continues.
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post Aug 24 2008, 03:18 AM
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QUOTE(rustbird @ Aug 24 2008, 03:09 AM)
I just popped the hood and the 2 bolts were missing on the front of the intake area.... SIGH, gonna see if i can find something temporary till i get replacements from them :)  I'm gonna do this quick, test it and get back to ya if it continues.
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Use zipties, it will fix it for quite awhile and do a damn good job of it.
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post Aug 24 2008, 03:50 AM
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long story short. i found screws that fit, used them.... and it drove perfectly. Thanks soooooo much, well appreciated.

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post Aug 24 2008, 04:31 AM
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long story short.  i found screws that fit, used them.... and it drove perfectly.  Thanks soooooo much, well appreciated.

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No problem and once again welcome to the forums. :thumbsup:
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