# Car "chokes" and stalls

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-chokes-and-stalls/27752>\
**Category:** Power/Fuel\
**Tags:** pump, gasoline\
**Created:** [March 14, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-chokes-and-stalls/27752 "2009-03-14T15:52:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_McAnick\_Knott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mike\_McAnick\_Knott](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mike_McAnick_Knott)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-chokes-and-stalls/27752/1 "2009-03-14T15:52:46Z")

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My 1997 Mitsubishi Galant Es  
  
 (4 cylinder,2.4 engine; 165,936 miles;tune-up 2 months ago)“chokes” when the weather is warm/hot, but runs Ok when weather is cold! I live in SA, home of the Spurs. Please give me some ideas as to what may be causing this. Thank you.

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-chokes-and-stalls/27752/2 "2009-03-14T16:02:57Z")

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Tell folks what the “tune up” included as well as any & all other recent maintenance. What someone includes in a “tune up” can vary.

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**Author:** ![Mike\_McAnick\_Knott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mike\_McAnick\_Knott](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mike_McAnick_Knott)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-chokes-and-stalls/27752/3 "2009-03-14T16:19:52Z")

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Since I don’t know much about cars, I don’t exactly know what “they” did. Except that they told me they replaced the spark plugs and ignition wires, etc.

-Mike McAnick Knott

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-chokes-and-stalls/27752/4 "2009-03-14T17:20:11Z")

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Start by having the fault codes read from the ECU. Post them here.

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**Author:** ![Mike\_McAnick\_Knott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mike\_McAnick\_Knott](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mike_McAnick_Knott)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-chokes-and-stalls/27752/5 "2009-04-17T17:24:06Z")

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Friday, April 17, 2009

So sorry for the delay, I’ve been “out of pocket”. Please forgive my ignorance, but what is the ECU? As you can probably tell, I’m still having problems. I seem to think that too much gas is going through, and maybe that’s why it “chokes”. Also,  
I just noticed that I’ve been putting more gas lately for the same trips around town. Please give me some ideas. Thank you.

Mike McAnick Knott