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Old 03-13-2004, 05:41 PM
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car randomly dying

alright, so last friday, i was taking a chick out to lunch to impress her with my new 240. so we was chillin at the light, then randomly the car just died. it was running fine but it just died. do you guys think it's the spark plugs? and would fuel injector cleaner help any?
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Old 03-13-2004, 06:41 PM
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Re: car randomly dying

did it start back up?? need more details, year, engine, etc... might help
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Old 03-13-2004, 06:49 PM
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Re: car randomly dying

lol, oh ya

it's a 1996, ka24de, about 109k miles on it. it did start back up again, after i had my foot on the gas all the way down for about 5-10 seconds.
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Old 03-13-2004, 07:09 PM
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maybe you stalled it
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Re: car randomly dying

umm one thing you might want to check is the O2 sensor...(dont quote me on theat) but my firebird had that problem with it when the o2 sensor started going bad
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Re: car randomly dying

i dont thin its the o2 sensor, mine completely broke off, and still ran, maybe pcv valve
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Re: car randomly dying

sometimes, the car has some trouble starting too
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it could be your ground wire because i had about that same problem and I took my car up to a stereo west and had them put on a better ground solved that problem.

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Re: car randomly dying

IAA valve maybe?
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Re: car randomly dying

i would check ur entire ignition, spark plugs, wires, dist, coil etc. doubt its anythin else.
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Re: car randomly dying

alright guys, i'll check all that ish and i'll tell you how it goes.

thanks for the assistance
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