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Old 08-29-2007, 10:52 AM
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Re: Engine cut out at 40mph

I just got off the phone with my dad who's handy with this stuff, this was
his thoughts, let me know if this makes sense and how I can diagnose/solve the problem. He thinks its a combination of the
transmission lagging from 4th to 3rd or 3rd to 2nd, so the fuel pump
is slows itself to the RPMs but since the engine isn't down shifting
its not enough fuel to keep it going and it stalls the engine. I
thought this seemed like a good explanation. He thought it might
happen more often then I think, but since I was going uphill the
engine couldn't turn itself over to restart on its own due to the lack
of momentum and too high of a gear going uphill.
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