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Old 04-23-2009, 10:57 PM
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Exclamation HELP!! wierd problem with my car tonight.

My car would not start when I went to leave Mooresville tonight, it would fire and die. I had removed the ABS fuse because I am running 28" rear tires and skinny 25" tires on the front and it screws with the ABS computer. I replaced the fuse and the car started up just fine, however I got about a mile down the road and it just died. I placed it in neutral and started it right back up. It did this at least 15 or 20 times on the way home. any ideas on what I can look at?

It seems to only do it at part throttle. It did something similar the first time I ever had it on the dyno with the current setup. At the same speed/throttle position/rpm it would just die. When we floored it, it pulled through and ran just fine. it has not done it since till tonight.

Any ideas are welcomed. Thanks
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Does it sputter and die or just die-die?
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Originally Posted by NoGo
Does it sputter and die or just die-die?
Good question.
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It just dies like the ignition has been cut off, no sputter or anything, It also will not fire back up unless I first turn the switch off and on first, but then it cranks up like it should.
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I remember when you could ask a question like this here and get an answer pretty quick
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Do the gauges flash or go in and out?
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Originally Posted by 98Camarod
Do the gauges flash or go in and out?
The guages all go off and it dies
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It could be many-many-many things. And when they just die like that it is very tough to find.

Usually, on a problem like this I try and look at what was last changed before the problem started?

New harness? Installed turbo kit? New PCM?




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