Dear All,
I have a Mitsubishi Galant 86 model with a Toyota 1C Engine or maybe 2C engine I am not really sure. It is 2000cc diesel. The problem with it is as follows:
My car gives starting problems of various natures and at various times. Sometimes it:
Does not start (i.e. coldstart fails) I get engine revolution but they are lazy revolutions rather than actual speedy ones
Does not start and gives no revolutions (i.e. I get all the lighting in the cluster but on turning the key nothing happens and everything remains the same).
Does not start after a long drive say after continuous driving for over 15km or so it does not start and starts giving those same lazy revolutions......
Sometimes after dhakka start, when I shut down the engine after a short haul such as after a drive of half a kilometer, the engine starts speedily and easily...That is, the car is good for short hauls like going to markets, etc. but for longer drives it does not start and after heavy-footed driving it does not start.....
I have checked the battery and its AGS 80 purchased in 2007 but still giving green light (the battery health light on the battery)...The car's battery terminals are quite rusty and so are the wires coming out of it and going to various parts of the engine.....
My regular mechanic once serviced the 'self' and the car worked fine...after sometime, when the car started the trouble again, he used a really thick wire (almost the same thickness as the choti of a woman) and linked it to the self from the battery....from that onwards the car did not give starting troubles uptil now.....
The car's heaters were also changed a year or so back as car was giving starting troubles then as well.....The car leaks oil from the bottom and from the tepit seals as well I guess.....
Please Pakwheels experts, especially Xulfiqar bhai, help me get my ride back on its feet....waiting for prompt and helpful replies...