Your 2003 Mitsubishi Galant cranks but does not start?

Answer 1

pull the rubber air inlet hose from the air inlet, get starter fluid, have someone crank the engine, spray a short burst (about 2 secs.) into the airhorn. if the engine starts running with

eather, it should run with gasoline.

this could indicate no fuel pressre (bad fuel pump), clogged fuel filter, or bad gas (primarily water coming thru the system.

to check fuel pump operation: pull the fuel line from the throttle body (rubber line), insert into a "glass" container, turn the key on and off 3-5 times, waiting 10 sconds between cycles, then, check if there is gas in the container. a 2nd person helping you will facilitate the process. if no gas comes in on "keying" cycle, repeat by cranking the engine. while the engine is cranking, the ecm should recognize this and signal the pump to "pump" fuel. if no gas coms thru the line, you can 1) pull the fuel line on the bottom of the fuel filter and repeat the above process to check for fuel flow, either, eliminating the pump-rcognizing a "clogged" filter- or eliminating the filter and recognizing a bad pump.