RE: [DMCForum] totally off-topic question: 2000 Chevy Cavalier

["Dave Stragand" <dave.stragand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Check the fuel filter.  It may be clogging up, making the engine run
lean (thus hot), until it sucks up enough particles to completely choke
it and die.  After sitting a while, the particles settle off of the
filter element enough to allow it to start and run for a little while,
then it repeats the cycle.

-Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: timnagin [mailto:timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 12:37 PM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [DMCForum] totally off-topic question: 2000 Chevy Cavalier


I had a similar problem on a previous vehicle and it was a bad ignition
coil.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: Farrar Hudkins [mailto:fhudkins@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:35 AM
To: DMCForum List
Subject: [DMCForum] totally off-topic question: 2000 Chevy Cavalier


Hi, gang! I'm back in town with another non-DeLorean post. :) But this
time it's important.

A co-worker of mine has a problem with her car suddenly dying. At first
I thought it was an electrics problem but now I'm not so sure.

Apparently, the car will lose power and die within a matter of thirty to
forty seconds, regardless of how long it has been driven, the
temperature outside, time of day, slope of road, etc. and sometimes it
will start up again right away, and sometimes it can be left for an hour
and still won't start.

Here's what threw me: after sitting for half an hour, the engine was
still radiating quite a lot of heat, but the temperature gauge read
190(F) before things went kaputsky.

I'm trying to find a simple solution before she has to take it to the
Chevy dealer and pay too much for something easy (like a new alternator
or battery). Any ideas?

Thanks.

Kind regards,
Farrar in New Orleans

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