It starts fine when its cold, no problem, but after 2 or 3 miles, it straight shuts off, no sputtering, no warning - the rpm's just go to 0 and I'm coasting. Once or twice I have been coasting and then it just comes back on, but it soon just cuts off again. After 15-20 minutes I can start it again, but it will shut off again after only a half mile or so. I have replaced the feul filter, the feul pump, and the ignition coil module, but it still does the exact same thing, the exact same way. I am going nuts!! Anybody ever experienced any crap like this?? Please help
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Yes actually I have, each time for me I have found a short in the pig tail ( wire end that plugs into ) the crank sensor. you might see if you ca locate your crank sensor and then crank your car. I would suggest moving the wires connected to the crank sensor and see if the car dies. if so replace the pig tail.
I actually discovered something else tonight. I took it for a spin, ( a short one ), and I noticed that I can tell when it's getting ready to shut off. At that point, if I give it gas, I get no acceleration, just a gravelly sound/feeling from the engine is the best way I can explain it. It's weird and I dont like it. Is that still something that you might associate with the camshaft, or the connector to it? Thanks, btw, I'm gonna check those wires first thing. O yeah, I also have a friend who plugged in his code reader, and no codes came up. The stupid car is obviously in need of something, so why would it not throw a code?
I actually discovered something else tonight. I took it for a spin, ( a short one ), and I noticed that I can tell when it's getting ready to shut off. At that point, if I give it gas, I get no acceleration, just a gravelly sound/feeling from the engine is the best way I can explain it. It's weird and I dont like it. Is that still something that you might associate with the camshaft, or the connector to it? Thanks, btw, I'm gonna check those wires first thing. O yeah, I also have a friend who plugged in his code reader, and no codes came up. The stupid car is obviously in need of something, so why would it not throw a code?