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GR automatic cutting out on start-up

  • 01-01-2012 8:10pm
    #1
    brendansmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    The other day out of nowhere when I started my GR it straight away cut out, it took 4 or 5 restarts before it actually stayed lit. Its doing it all the time now and today it cut out as I was coasting into my driveway so Im very concerned now.
    I also noticed that it seems to be idling lower than usual.
    I brought it to a mechanic and he restarted the computer in the hope that it might sort it out but it hasnt.
    Any ideas?
    Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    What kind of car s it, the only GR automatic that springs to mind is a Mitsubishi?


  • #3
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    What kind of car s it, the only GR automatic that springs to mind is a Mitsubishi?


    Was thinking the same myself, FTO/Eclipse GR?


  • #4
    brendansmith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    Sorry mate, I just copied and pasted my post from a mitsubishi FTO website.
    I didnt think about it properly.


  • #5
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    The GR is the non mivec V6 isn't it iirc?

    You could be looking at a vacuum leak or an aac/idle control valve issue.


  • #6
    brendansmith
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    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    The GR is the non mivec V6 isn't it iirc?

    You could be looking at a vacuum leak or an aac/idle control valve issue.

    Yep, non mivec V6 it is.
    Is an aac/idle control valve the same as a stepper motor?


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  • #7
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    brendansmith wrote: »
    Yep, non mivec V6 it is.
    Is an aac/idle control valve the same as a stepper motor?


    Yes many idle control valves use a stepper motor, off the top of my head I'm not sure if your car does....I presume it does if you mention it.:)


  • #8
    brendansmith
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    Do you think it'll be an expensive fix?


  • #9
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    brendansmith wrote: »
    Do you think it'll be an expensive fix?


    TBH its impossible to say without knowing the actual problem.

    If it is the idle control valve, it may only need a clean or it could need replacement, then you could get a new part or a second hand one so price varies vastly.


  • #10
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jaycom/fto/engine/stepper1.htm

    Good guide to stepper motor here they're a very common problem on the v6, Earlier ones are brown coloured and can be cleaned out, newer ones are black coloured and sealed, but given that yours is a gr and not a gx it's probably the older type

    Camskill do them, or there's a good few established members on www.fto-Ireland.com that have some used ones.


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