Car randomly dies while its running perfectly.

[Billy50H]

I also replaced that sensor then the problems eventually came back and replacing the whole distributor fixed it. Theres a lot of different things that can cause these problems so you never know what yours might be but the distributor fixed mine.

Have you tried cleaning the iac and resetting the base idle?

 

[CC'S95GT]

I am running a 2 year old remanned dizzy and haven't had any problems out of this one but my first remanned one crapped out within a week.

 

[94RedGt]

Yeah i have cleaned out the Iac and maf sensor, also went to NAPA and got a new Coil and was going to get a new reluctor wheel but they had none so i didnt get one. BTW whats the point of going and buying a remanufactured dizzy if i pretty much doing the same thing , the rest of my distributor was fine and had no play or missing teeth on the gear, the pickup sensor is an advance autoparts one wich i doubt that the ones in a remanufactured distributor are any better if you get the parts from the same parts store.

Since i have pretty much gone over ignition problems im gonna do some troubleshooting with the fuel system. Will a fuel pump overheat and cause such problems like the ones im having , my pump primes but could it be not working correctly and not giving enough fuel pressure and cause the engine to missfire and just die like its doing to me. Im going to carry a fuel pressure tester with me at all times just in case this happens again to see if its actually fuel pressure related.

 

[CC'S95GT]

Yes, a failing f/p could give similar symptoms. that's why I asked about the pressure.
If you have a can of ether. you can spray it into the intake. if it starts then it's a fuel problem. if it doesn't then it's ignition.
When My dizzy died i even had a spark but it wasn't hot enough to light the fuel.

 

[94RedGt]

Oh yeah i forgot to mention that i did the thing with the starting fluid, last time it did it i managed to get the car to an autoparts and got myself a can of starting fluid, i called my dad to come help me out and while i was crancking i had my dad spray start fluid into the trottle body wich i had at WOT and nothing, like it was completly dead. A minuted later the damn car started and i managed to get home wich was 5 minutes away. I have replaced the ignition coil wich would be the last thing related to ignition that i have replaced already. I found this video on youtube of this fox thats pretty much doing the same thing, my car is doing the same damn thing . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Alw...xt=C36a7814UDOEgsToPDskK6JPmjyWsn2KWQ6oQlsZZA its a 15 minute video but its as detailed as it can get related to my problem.

 

[Billy50H]

Maybe somethings wrong with your maf sensor? It seems like the computer cant read the airflow right so its causing the misfire and shutting down the engine.

 

[94RedGt]

Yeah if the maf was bad it would be causing problems all the time. It seems that whatever is causing this problem is going bad quicker, before it used to take weeks or months before i would get the problem but now it seems like the problem is whenever the car is driven for long periods of time, i got stranded again today for the sake of ruling out the ignition coil as being the problem and well its not, now with all the ignition parts being brand new and still having problems. Me and my brother are now thinking fuel pump problems or a possible bad ECU. I hope its not the ECU cuz they are way more expensive than a fuel pump. Lets see what happens next , possibly the car is going into my buddies shop and im gonna keep it there on monday and see if we can figure out whats wrong with it by making the car develop the problem on purpose.

 

[Billy50H]

True. I had to replace my ecu
I can't think of anything else it would be but you definitely have narrowed it down, hope you find your problem.

 

[94RedGt]

Yeah bro this is driving me crazy, i just feel like taking a sledge hammer to the car and junking this piece of shit >.< . On top of all of this i have to rebuilt my t5 and its going to cost $1000 . I could just buy a used one but since i dont plan on selling the car i want to fix it good.

 

[Billy50H]

I know how you feel haha
and my trans needs a rebuild asap too.

 

[forcefedhatch]

Replace the dizzy..try using oem parts drop the msd and start from scratch.. Build from there.. Time the intervals in between shut downs if anymore.. See if there is a pattern and then read any hidden codes, also check tfi temp and placement.. Make sure grounding is good and nothing seems hotter than it should(electrical).. Sound like something is shorting out for a brief second under certain circumstances or extreme heat, moisture, but if it's electrical heat issue it won't hold the heat very long to check because it will go into limp mode to preserve the engine or fail the system temporarily to do so...If this seems like rambling it's because I'm drunk as fuck.. But trust me I bet anything it starts with the aftermarket stuff.. Even if the dizzy is oem replace it anyway.. Seems like its been through hell and back just from this issue alone.. Anywho I'm off to drink the no hangover shit and pass out, I got a hit date with a blonde in my drunken sleep.. Let me know how it goes good luck!!


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[94RedGt]

But i have already replaced all of those components, well the distributor is still OEM but the pickup is new, the ignition coil is also new aswell as the TFI module, i know they are not OEM but it just seems like that is not the problem, it makes no sense if the car has always run perfect before with all the old parts and then it started acting up then after all those parts have been replaced its still doing it, and before it used to take maybe a couple of weeks before the car failed but now is gotten to the point were it will do it when ever the car is driven for more than a couple of miles. Like yesterday it did it again and i let it cool down and managed to get home . Then my brother wanted to take it out again to do some test when the car failed and what do you know, after driving for maybe 40 minutes the fucking thing never died and we just took it back home because it was not going to quit anytime soon. But i bet that if i take it outside today the damn car will leave me on the side of the road again.

 

[forcefedhatch]

Check the steering column... Ignition switch may be going bad.. I had an old truck that if it ran for so long then if you tapped the steering column the wrong way it would die..the cylinder for the ignition switch had a bad contact.. But if you tried to restart it and you turned the key on the sweet spot you were good to go.. Check all the wiring and contacts on the steering column completely.


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[94RedGt]

U know now that u mention the ignition switch, mine is very loose to the point were u can take the key off while the car is running, i even think that a screwdriver would even be able to turn it. Ill check all of that after i get teh car from the transmission place, im going to take it tomorrow to get the transmission fixed.

 

[forcefedhatch]

I'll bet ya anything that's it..


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[94RedGt]

Well since the car does not die instantly and it just rathers dies slowly like if it was loosing fuel or spark im not really sure its the ignition switch but since this is what keeps the car on it maybe is, it could probably be overheating and shorting in and out making the ignition coil turn on and off until it overheats to its limit and finally dies. Lets hope that is it , if not i will proceed to check the fuel delivery system. I could probably just replace the iginition switch anyways since its in such a bad condition and the part itself is not really that expensive.