This is a strange one
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From: Dayton, OH HAWG: "this is Off Topic...it can get a bit north of care bears and strawberry shortcake in here"
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
This is a strange one
Mybe not. I think I have the problem narrowed down, but I figure I'd ask. Here's the deal. I am driving along, ho hum, just fine. Traffic starts to stop in front of me. Ok, shift into neutral, start braking. Revs drop, idles for a bit....engine stops. Crap.
Alright, get off the highway and to the side. Side. Try to start. No starty. Crap again.
Wait 25 minutes, start, starts right up. Ok, engine flooded, sat to clear, started up.
So, we've got a couple of problems here. Why did it die? Electrical is likely. Alternator? Battery? Both? Worth replacing, I guess. Battery looks pretty old. No idea about the alternator, couldn't hurt. Probably hit plugs and wires while I'm in there. Car runs great in gear, on the gas, etc. so I feel the optispark is likely ok. Anyone concur?
So, why is it that anytime the engine stalls, it floods, and I have to wait? It's happened more than once, mind you. So has the cutoff. This time, I was moving too slowly to pop the clutch and restart, though. Anyone have ideas on the fueling issue? Is the pump going bad? Why would this dump more fuel into the engine? Injectors? Bad ECU flash? Anyone?
Alright, get off the highway and to the side. Side. Try to start. No starty. Crap again.
Wait 25 minutes, start, starts right up. Ok, engine flooded, sat to clear, started up.
So, we've got a couple of problems here. Why did it die? Electrical is likely. Alternator? Battery? Both? Worth replacing, I guess. Battery looks pretty old. No idea about the alternator, couldn't hurt. Probably hit plugs and wires while I'm in there. Car runs great in gear, on the gas, etc. so I feel the optispark is likely ok. Anyone concur?
So, why is it that anytime the engine stalls, it floods, and I have to wait? It's happened more than once, mind you. So has the cutoff. This time, I was moving too slowly to pop the clutch and restart, though. Anyone have ideas on the fueling issue? Is the pump going bad? Why would this dump more fuel into the engine? Injectors? Bad ECU flash? Anyone?
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From: Dayton, OH HAWG: "this is Off Topic...it can get a bit north of care bears and strawberry shortcake in here"
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
I thought that might be it, too. Any way to test it, or just replace them all and hope that was it?
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From: Dayton, OH HAWG: "this is Off Topic...it can get a bit north of care bears and strawberry shortcake in here"
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11
