Engine stalling

brownb2

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I've been having this problem for about a year now I'll be driving and all of a sutten the motor dies I dont have a problem restarting the car but it will do it at all different speeds.

 

cl0udedth0ught

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Any mods done to the car? How many miles? Any check engine lights on etc?....

 

brownb2

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It is a 02 gt Cai accel coils thats bout it had the car for about 2 1/2 years 110k on the dial

 

cl0udedth0ught

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Have you tried scanning it for codes? You can take it to autozone and they will scan it for free. Off the top of my head... I would suggest its possibly an 02 sensor if they've never been changed.

 

brownb2

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I've got a handheld scanner and it has not thrown any codes and I just have to do emision test bout 3wks ago and it passed with no problems I never charge the o2 sensors

 

RedDaemon

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battery/grounding issue?

 

cl0udedth0ught

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^ +1 good suggestion as well.

Does the car hesitate when you give it gas or does it have a miss or anything?

Its also possible that your car is not throwing a code. It wouldn't be the first time. Replacing the 02 sensors still might not be a bad idea since the car is over 100k.

 

brownb2

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Not all the time but I do get a miss at differnet rpm ranges. I also forgot to say I change the fuel filter wiith in the last 8months.

 

cl0udedth0ught

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Have you changed the spark plugs yet? If you don't know if they've been changed by a previous owner, I would change them out with a new set of motorcraft plugs.

 

brownb2

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yup changed the plugs to motorcraft and coils and fuel filter the same day.

 

wmburns

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RedDaemon said:

battery/grounding issue?

Click to expand...

+1 on this as well. This is a PRIME symtom of a bad battery.

Just in case you thinking this couldn't possibily be a bad battery because the motor was running at the time, you are wrong. Today's car require the battery to excite the alternator's field coil.

no battery = no alternator.

 

brownb2

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Thanks I will check the grounds and the battery this weekend and give you guys an update thanks.