Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 12:30:00 -0800 From: TimeRangernopsam.com Subject: Re: Help!!!! 94 9000 Aero dies randomly
On 22 Nov 1999 17:47:30 GMT, wowbpmnopsamcom (WowBPM) wrote: >I know diagnosing a problem like this is difficult enough with the car >physically present let alone over the internet but this is driving me nuts! >About a month ago I was leaving work, had driven about a mile and the car died. >At the time I was going about 30 mph and it was if someone had just flipped a >giant switch and shut the car off. Nothing else changed other than the tach >reading Zero! Car still turned over, etc. After sitting there blocking traffic >for 10-15 minutes, aforementioned giant switch must have turned on and the car >started right up again. Fast forward to last week and leaving for work, I had >gone about half a mile and it did it again...wait 10-15 minutes and it starts. >Later that day while the car was idling, I noticed it started miss briefly then >the motor raced to about 3000 rpm's. I tapped the throttle and it returned to >normal. I of course have no idea if this was related to my original problem or >not but I thought I would mention it. Any ideas as to my problem would be >greatly appreciated! >Thanks in advance! >Jim Jim, sounds like a fuel filter problem. Check to see if the fuel pick-up tube in the tank has a screen on it - it may be getting plugged. The short time that the car sits after it dies allows some of the debris to fall away. -- The original point and click interface was a Smith & Wesson. Straight Shootin Y'all.