[DML] Re: car mysteriously dies - still!

["Matt Spittle" <supermatty@xxxxxxx>]

My car had this problem, and it was the impulse coil in the ignition 
distributor.  Measure the resistance of it right after it dies and 
won't restart.  I bet it won't be 600 ohms anymore.  


Matt
#1604



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote:
> 
> Group,
> 
> Last week I posted on here about how my car has been randomly 
dying ever 
> since I took it out of storage last week.  
> 
> To recap, here are the symptoms:
> 1. Car will start up fine, hunt, then settle down like normal.
> 2. At seemingly random times the engine will quit but all 
accessories such as 
> lights and radio are unaffected.  the engine just dies.  
> 3. Car will never restart immediately.  Takes from 15 seconds to a 
couple 
> minutes and then it will restart.
> 4. While the car is dead, I have attempted to tap major running 
parts and 
> connections to find something loose that could be causing it.  i 
can find no 
> positive correlation.
> 5. While the car is running, I am unsucessful in causing the 
engine to die on 
> purpose by tapping parts, jiggling wires, etc.
> 6. I used to think the problem was vibration induced because once 
as soon as 
> i shut the driver's door the car quit. however today I just had 
the car idling 
> in my garage and it died about half a dozen times.  
> 7. Someone suggested my ignition switch may be bad. With the car 
running, I 
> can't get the car to die by banging on the steering wheel so I 
don't think 
> that's the problem.
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