82 Crossfire Randomly Dies While Dring
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Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Tennessee
An update on the vette.
It has been three months and 1,700 miles since the last failure.
I made one change. I rembered that I had installed the control module from the old distributor into the new one for testing. I reinstalled the one that came with the new distributor. I don't know if this had any impact. The control module that I was testing was a little over 18 months old. I had replaced the orignal control module when the car 1st started dieing.
Also, I replace the starter solenoid due to random starter problems. Sometimes sticking and free spinning and twice not wanting to crank the engine. Te last time I had to peck on it with a hammer it get it to engage. New solenoid solved the starter issues. Doubt that it had anything to do with the engine dieing.
In summmary, I believe that the new distributor solved my problems with the car dieing. Most likely the pickup coil and/or the control module.
I appreciate all of the input from everyone in resolving this issue.
This will be my last post unless the problem reappears.
It has been three months and 1,700 miles since the last failure.
I made one change. I rembered that I had installed the control module from the old distributor into the new one for testing. I reinstalled the one that came with the new distributor. I don't know if this had any impact. The control module that I was testing was a little over 18 months old. I had replaced the orignal control module when the car 1st started dieing.
Also, I replace the starter solenoid due to random starter problems. Sometimes sticking and free spinning and twice not wanting to crank the engine. Te last time I had to peck on it with a hammer it get it to engage. New solenoid solved the starter issues. Doubt that it had anything to do with the engine dieing.
In summmary, I believe that the new distributor solved my problems with the car dieing. Most likely the pickup coil and/or the control module.
I appreciate all of the input from everyone in resolving this issue.
This will be my last post unless the problem reappears.
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