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Kai
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Mar 8, 2015, 9:30 AM
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2001 mitsubishi diamante 3.5l not turning over
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hi everyone! so i've been battling with my sisters car back and forth for almost 6 months now.its a 2001 Mitsubishi diamante LS with the 3.5L v6 motor in it. in November (2014) i did a simple tune up on the car ( spark plugs and wires) because her car was skipping and when i hooked up my diagnostic tool it said cylinder 3,5,6 misfire. after i changed everything out the car started right up and sounded fine. well two days later my sister goes to get in the car and start it and it wont turn over all the way. she was getting fuel, she was getting spark, mind you i had already put a brand new battery starter and alternator in this car the year before. so it wasn't any of those. so i threw in the towel and she had it towed to a local garage where they told her the distributor was no good and they wanted almost 1200 dollars to do the job so i told them to stick it up their asses and got it towed back to my house and i put a new distributor in. still got nothing it wouldn't even try to turn over at this point EXCEPT for when i put it in neutral. (not my first tango with distributors i made sure everything was lined up correctly) if its in park it wont bother trying to crank. so my father suggested maybe its the neutral safety switch, another person told me after the electronic distributor got changed it needed to be re-timed and at this point I'm about ready to slam my head in a door over this car. please help me if you've had any experiences like mine with this car. i'm so fed up with it but its my sisters car and i cant just throw in the towel.
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Hammer Time
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Mar 8, 2015, 10:32 AM
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Your descriptions is totally confusing. Is the starter engaging and cranking the engine but it's not starting or is the engine not cranking at all? Cranking means the starter is rotating the engine.
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Kai
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Mar 8, 2015, 10:38 AM
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yes, sorry for being a tad unclear, basically the car wont turn over at all now, but when it is in neutral, it will try, but wont fully turn over. i had already taken the starter out and brought it to my job ( i work for an autoparts store) and i hooked it up to the alternator and starter testing machine to make sure the new starter i had put in hadnt gone bad. test results came back it was good. so i put the starter back in the car. tried turning it over in park still nothing. no lights, no anything. put it in neutral, try starting it i have dash lights, and it seems like it wants to turn over but cant.
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Hammer Time
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Mar 8, 2015, 10:47 AM
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It's your terminology that is so confusing. Turn over and crank mean the same thing. If it cranks in Neutral and not Park, then the transmission range sensor (neutral switch) has to be bad or the linkage is too worn to get the shift selector to the correct position.
You may also have a Crank, no start problem that will have to be diagnosed once you get the starter working correctly.
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(This post was edited by Hammer Time on Mar 8, 2015, 10:48 AM)
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Kai
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Mar 8, 2015, 11:02 AM
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i know im not the best at describing things im sorry if its frustrating. im trying here. i was told the neutral safety switch possibly went bad and thats why the car is now only making an effort to start when it is in neutral. before i installed the new distributor i could turn the key all the way to the on position and the car would try to start but it sounded like it was seriously struggling. i was told by a garage it needed a new distributor so i put a new one in and now when i turn the key all the way to on position while the car is in park it wont make a sound, no lights come on, it just doesnt do anything. the only time it does is when i have it in neutral. maybe it was a freak coincidence and it really does need a new neutral safety switch. i was just so fed up with the car i thought maybe i got a defective distributor. so before i decided to order another one and do a defective exchange i figured i would reach out to you guys to see what you think.
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Hammer Time
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Mar 8, 2015, 11:13 AM
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You need to fix you neutral switch issue before looking for other issues. The distributor has nothing to do with not cranking in Park. It's always possible the neutral switch is shorted in a way that is killing ignition supply when in Park but you aren't going to know until you fix that problem.
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Kai
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Mar 8, 2015, 11:19 AM
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thank you for all your help and being patient. im going move forward with getting the neutral safety switch in and ill let you know how it goes. i thought maybe it was the distributor that was defective because i didnt have that issue until i put the new one in. but nonetheless thank you so much for all your help. its greatly appreciated.
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