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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 06:19 PM
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Exclamation car died randomly!

i was at the track last night, and i just got done running a pass, i came back to the line and there was no wait, so i lined up, launched then my car turned off. i put the car in neutral and started it, fired right up, then i went down the track, my question is why did it die? was it because of the previous pass, or because of something else


BTW the car is perfectly fine now, no knock or SES lights

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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 07:20 PM
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What was your ET? lol j/k man, not sure why that would happen!
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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Could be a number of things. You say it died after you launched it? How much gas did you have. Gas could have sloshed to the rear of the tank away from the pump.
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 08:35 PM
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Could be a clutch engagement/disengagement problem. Mine did that on a really warm day. I ran to the mall and when I came back out I started her up and she died after 15 seconds of idle. Started her again and no problems. Turns out I need a new clutch a month later.
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Old Apr 12, 2006 | 10:10 PM
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could have been the gas tank thing, the gas was alittle more than a 1/4 tank


also i run an A4


BTW my run was 20 seconds at 100 mph lol
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