Driving down the road and lost all power
05-03-2015, 02:31 PM
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Driving down the road and lost all power I recently bought a 98 TA with a 6 speed. All was good for a week then twice in one day I was driving down the road and it was like someone disconnected my plug wires. That is the only way I know how to describe it. It just stopped firing. I pulled over on the side of the road and looked it over it had plenty of gas and when it came to a stop it had the foul improper mixture smell. After trying it a few times and looking under the hood lost, I tried it again and if fired up like nothing ever happened. It was as if the car was just messing with me. Anyways later that night it did the same exact thing again. Both times the car was warm when I got in it after sitting 10-20 minutes both times I got about 2 miles down the road. Both times I was driving moderately.
Does anyone have any ideas.
Side note All lights were still on and no new dash lights.
Does anyone have any ideas.
Side note All lights were still on and no new dash lights.
05-07-2015, 06:25 PM
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Had it happen to me in two cars before, turned out to be the distributor both times. The smells were probably un-burned fuel sent through since the spark plugs weren't sparking to ignite it.
05-07-2015, 09:12 PM
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I recently bought a 98 TA with a 6 speed. All was good for a week then twice in one day I was driving down the road and it was like someone disconnected my plug wires. That is the only way I know how to describe it. It just stopped firing. I pulled over on the side of the road and looked it over it had plenty of gas and when it came to a stop it had the foul improper mixture smell. After trying it a few times and looking under the hood lost, I tried it again and if fired up like nothing ever happened. It was as if the car was just messing with me. Anyways later that night it did the same exact thing again. Both times the car was warm when I got in it after sitting 10-20 minutes both times I got about 2 miles down the road. Both times I was driving moderately.
Does anyone have any ideas.
Side note All lights were still on and no new dash lights.
Does anyone have any ideas.
Side note All lights were still on and no new dash lights.
Fairly new to the Ls1 world.
05-07-2015, 11:11 PM
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Clock and Trip stayed constant.
05-14-2015, 03:41 PM
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Got a scan at O'Riely's it only had 4 codes.
1 Random misfire
2 EGR
3 Injected air
4 AC clutch over volt
It has not done that since the second time, but I know it is not magically fixed.
1 Random misfire
2 EGR
3 Injected air
4 AC clutch over volt
It has not done that since the second time, but I know it is not magically fixed.
