Re: Stumper. WTF. New one to me. Anyone?

[Night Shadow <soltwede@ucsub.colorado.edu>]

Shawn, this is the EXACT sympotms I had when my coil died, change that
puppy!

Eric


On Wed, 12 May 1999, Shawn C Meze wrote:

> Heres my newest dilemma that's been in the works for about 3 weeks now. 
> 
> Driving down the freeway, (Usually 20 miles or more.) exit the freeway
> and while on surface streets the car shuts off. 
> Its also happened to me on the freeway. Cuts out like its got water in
> the fuel. Clears out and runs fine. (Well, as fine as it can run with 2
> bent exhaust valves. The new head gets picked up on friday.)
> Its recently happened to me while pulling into a parking spot. I can
> crank and crank and it wont start. The tach doesn't move, usually the
> tach will bounce slightly when you crank it over. Nadda. 
> 
> Symptoms:
> 
> Tach drops to zero.
> Immediate loss of power.
> Power loss id usually for .5-2 seconds but it usually keeps on running. 
> 
> 
> Tach drops to zero- That tells me that the ignition is cutting out. I
> cant really hear the fuel pump so I cant say if its running or not. I say
> the fuel pump is running because it runs again after a second or two and
> most of the time there is a loud as a gunshot -pop-, sometimes 2 pops in
> quick successions.
> 
> I replaced the fuel pump relay and it didn't help. Then I used my trusty
> jumper wire and it started. I think that was quite by accident. I put in
> the old relay for my uneventful trip home. However when I got to the
> driveway and went to restart the car, it wouldn't. Reinstalled the jumper
> wire (I could hear the pump run) but it didn't start. Messed with the
> coil wires. Nadda. Just let it sit for a few minutes and it started up
> again. 
> 
> Is this the coil going bad? Maybe its getting hot enough for it to shut
> off? Dunno. 
> I disconnected my rev limiter and my coil amp thinking one of the two
> might be causing the problem. I get the feeling its possibly the coil,
> but probably not. Or its the ignition brain. One of the two. 
> 
> Ideas?
> 
> 
>               Shawn Meze
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