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1999 dodge avenger wont start
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francheska1979
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Nov 17, 2008, 5:46 PM
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1999 dodge avenger wont start
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 i have a 1999 dodge avenger and it just cut off and it wont crank up and it seems like its not getting any gas so its trying to turn over but not cranking the battery is new and i was told that before that the starter and it was fine
i have a 6 cylinder and the mileage is 133,333
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Tom Greenleaf
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Nov 17, 2008, 6:27 PM
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Gotta clear up the terms used. Is the engine turning with the starter motor - never mind if it runs - does the engine turn or not? Please explain as "gas" doesn't matter quite yet if engine doesn't spin, crank etc.,
T
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Loren Champlain Sr
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Nov 17, 2008, 6:36 PM
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Francheska; If the engine cranks over, the battery and starter are, more than likely, okay. There are a multitude of reasons an engine can quit running. Lack of fuel, lack of spark, and a multitude of reasons that it could have a lack of fuel or spark. You'll need to have some diagnostics done to determine what it's lacking. Sorry, no easy answer.
Loren
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Dec 29, 2008, 9:03 AM
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I had the very same problem with my 1999 2.5 Mitsubishi powered Dodge Avenger. Turned out to be the ignition coil. Found a coil at NAPA, part # IC439, $130.
The coil is inside the distributor but was a relatively easy fix (about 2 hours). Remove battery, battery tray, distributor cap, and then entire distributor. Keep a mental note about the direction the rotor is pointing. The distributor base is a machined fit with an o-ring, so you may have to do a little gentle prying with a screwdriver on each side of the base to nurse the distributor away from the engine.
On the bench remove rotor, the cap gasket, remove cam position rotor, then carefully remove cam position sensor. Then remove the coil retainer strap and install the new coil. Keep all the parts layed-out in sequential order so as not to forget how it goes back together.
Reinstall everything in reverse order. When reinstalling the distributor to the engine, apply a little oil on the o-ring and base to aid in reinsertion. Remember the original position of the rotor? The distributor shaft will only engage the camshaft in the proper position, so you won't need to be concerned about timing being 180 degrees off.
I still had to crank the engine quite a while to get it to start because I had it flooded from trying to start it before replacing the coil.
This must have been a very common problem with the Mitsubishi distributor because nearly every 2.5 in the junkyard has the distributor missing. It's too bad the replacement coil has to be so damned expensive because there isn't too much to it.
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