Car dies after 20 miles. Fuel prob?? Will restart after cooling

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Joseph L. Kelly (Jkelly)

Saturday, August 10, 2002 - 02:39 pm Click here to edit this post
Car idles in the driveway no problem, but dies while driving. It will restart only after cooling down. No trouble codes ever appear. Does anyone have a clue as to whats going on? Thanks.

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Rob Reese (Tta1387)

Saturday, August 10, 2002 - 03:48 pm Click here to edit this post
Check the bolts on the balancer. I had this problem over the summer. Bolts backed out.

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Brian Lee (Brianwagonlee)

Saturday, August 10, 2002 - 05:19 pm Click here to edit this post
I had a car one time that would do that(actually it wasn't mine, but you get the idea). 1988 Olds Cutlass, but it had a the 3.8 SFI sideways motor. It turned out to be the crank sensor. It had 3 of them go. I'm guessing the dufus that was putting them in was not doing it right, and the interrupter ring was eating them up. It never threw a code either.

Brian

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Joey Douglas (Carolinaturbot6)

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 05:24 am Click here to edit this post
How old is the fuel pump? A fuel pump on it's way out will sometimes pump fine until it gets warmed up, or hot, & then it will quit. After it cools down, it may start working again.

You can try removing the shrader valve from the fuel rail & hooking a hose up there. Put the other end of the hose in a bucket, or container of some sort. Apply 12 volts to the black wire/connector that's behind the alternator. This wire should be hanging loose. It is a fuel pump test relay.
The pump should pump about a gallon of fuel in 60 seconds.

Try that & see what you get.

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Joey Douglas (Carolinaturbot6)

Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 05:35 am Click here to edit this post
The coilpack & ignition module are also very sensitive to heat.
Although ohming the coilpack towers isn't ALWAYS conclusive, it will sometimes show a problem.
Using a volt meter, test the coilpack towers from the front to the back. They will/should show 11-13 between the two.

Let us know what you find bud.


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