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Posted: **Thu Apr 08, 2010 11:25 am**

Hi all,

What happened was, I picked up my car from the mechanic yesterday after they reconditioned the alternator. On my way home, the car suddenly stalled on the roundabout. Drove it back to the mechanic and they said the ECU has reset itself as they took off the negative lead on my battery (is it true? they have to disconnect the battery?)

I drove around 30 minutes from kingsford to north ryde this morning, it did not stall anymore but the idle keeps hunting every time I put the car into neutral or when the fan kicks in, sometimes it goes down to nearly 0 and comes back up to around 5 - 600 (no warning lights came on).

I was thinking the stepper motor could be dirty or the ECU was not reset properly yesterday (Mr. Prez, I heard you work around North Ryde area, maybe you could have a look at it)

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I'll try to clean it up and reset the ECU again tonight.

For the time being, anyone knows where to get the Clutch Slave Cylinder and Stepper Motor (in case I have to replace it) and how much?

Posted: **Thu Apr 08, 2010 12:15 pm**

When the ECU is reset it needs to learn how to idle again. Take it for a drive for an hour and be prepared for a few more stalls.

Posted: **Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:26 pm**

Supplanter wrote:When the ECU is reset it needs to learn how to idle again. Take it for a drive for an hour and be prepared for a few more stalls.

really? I would of though something like idling is preprogrammed

Posted: **Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:40 pm**

nah sounds about right, however it is entirly possible your stepper is also buggered

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2010 12:47 pm**

Hi guys, need your opinions on this.

Got a quote from a mechanic to replace my clutch slave cylinder for $470

He said, $260 for the cylinder, $15 for delivery and $195 for labour.

Is this reasonable?

Can I use second hand?

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:58 pm**

zhong wrote:Hi guys, need your opinions on this.

Got a quote from a mechanic to replace my clutch slave cylinder for $470
He said, $260 for the cylinder, $15 for delivery and $195 for labour.

Is this reasonable?

Can I use second hand?

I woudnt pay anywhere near that.

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2010 5:12 pm**

is that the price for a gold plated slave cylinder?

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:26 pm**

maggsy wrote:is that the price for a gold plated slave cylinder?

dunno...
is there any generic slave I could use from another Mitsi?

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:41 pm**

zhong wrote:Hi guys, need your opinions on this.

Got a quote from a mechanic to replace my clutch slave cylinder for $470
He said, $260 for the cylinder, $15 for delivery and $195 for labour.

Is this reasonable?

Can I use second hand?

try and order online if you can wait a few days and get another quote from a different mechanic

Posted: **Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:58 pm**

koolio1234 wrote:
zhong wrote:Hi guys, need your opinions on this.

Got a quote from a mechanic to replace my clutch slave cylinder for $470
He said, $260 for the cylinder, $15 for delivery and $195 for labour.

Is this reasonable?

Can I use second hand?
try and order online if you can wait a few days and get another quote from a different mechanic

silly me, forgot to do a seach

before i posted this.
yup, just sent an email to kempys to get one. I'll ask my friend to replace it later on.