VS series 3 stopping

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I have a v6 vs and it sometimes stalls when going up hills. It just stops without warning and starts again after about 5 mins..It has only done this on inclines..It can go for days or weeks even months before it does again... Any idears...TELL ME PLEASE !!!!!It's driving me looney...

[UncleBob]

Well, at least we know its a V6. How about some more info

[Moppie]

He has an Ausie IP adress, so it must be a VS Holdon Commonwhore.

Uses the good old buick 3.8 V6

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Originally Posted by UncleBob

Well, at least we know its a V6. How about some more info

It's a VS 1999 ,series 3...Auto...Yes it's Australian...3.8 and of course a ute....Done about 200,000 km...

[Moppie]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

one about 200,000 km...

So it's only just been run in then?

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Originally Posted by Moppie

So it's only just been run in then?

Yes .....Only driven to church on sunday's......
Stops every other day..............

[gouldie1903]

low fuel pressure possibly?

[Moppie]

How well services is it?

I wonder if its something silly like the gear box over heating, throwing a code, and shutting the car down?

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Originally Posted by gouldie1903

low fuel pressure possibly?

Yes somebody said that to me allready .I'll get the mechanic to look at that when I get it serviced next... My mate said as I go up hill the fuel rushes back over the pump and may cause it to flood or stop pumping . Though It never splutters and stops..It just stops instantly..As you are the second person to mention that to me I might just change the pump at the tank and see how it goes...I will let you know how it turns out....THANKS...

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Originally Posted by Moppie

How well services is it?

I wonder if its something silly like the gear box over heating, throwing a code, and shutting the car down?

Serviced regularly..I got the gear box serviced last service..## THOUGH Last time it stopped the gearbox light came on ...on the dash....This has only come on once and it has stopped about 15 times...The hills It stops on are just normal inclines, not mountains....so to speak...I guess I'll find out when the mechanic hooks up the computer...I Will let you know..Regards Gavin...

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Thanks to you people who put in your 2 cents and giving me some idears to work with....I took the car to the shop and got him to check what the computer had to say about things and it came up with crank sensor....He has changed this so I hope it solves the problem of stopping all the time....It was getting worse in the last month....If it does not fix the problem I'll let you know.....Thanks again for your time fellers.......Regards Gavin....