So my car keeps cutting off while I'm driving, any ideas?

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Old 12-07-2010, 12:14 PM
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Default So my car keeps cutting off while I'm driving, any ideas?

I was leaving the gym and made a right, car cut off, started, cut off again, and did that the whole way home. I was thinking maybe one of the fuel pumps may be going out? Any ideas guy? All the gauges are reading normal (boost, afr, temp, oil press, gas, batt) thanks
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Might check your grounds also
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could also be an ignition component going out, gets hot and shuts down the car, cools enough to let the car be restarted and the then the process starts over.

i know a distributer/single coil system is different but my coil/control module did that to me
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Hey tx was your car surging/bucking at all? Cg I'll check the grounds thanks
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Originally Posted by SSilverSSurfer
I was leaving the gym
subtle brag?
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Originally Posted by bluestreak98
subtle brag?
Yikes, I didn't mean it like that, was just saying. I can see how that would come off as being a "douche"
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Originally Posted by SSilverSSurfer
Yikes, I didn't mean it like that, was just saying. I can see how that would come off as being a "douche"
haha, just giving you a hard time man.
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check your wire to the crank sensor, could be hitting the header tube when turning...been there done that
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Originally Posted by SSilverSSurfer
I was leaving the gym...
Alright Mitch...
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Alright Mitch...
I havent gone as far to posting a pic of me flexing as a profile picture...or a stallion hahaha
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no my car would just shut off, very smooth transition sometimes a didn't even notice till i went to accelerate again
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My car didn't completely die, but there was a time when it would randomly cut out. My o2 Wires got to hot and ended up melting together.



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