Stalling on the Freeway

[foxxinabox at wideopenwest.com (Foxx (in a box))]

   The starter was turning fine. It was actually how I was able to get 
the car to the side of the road. It's just that the engine would turn 
over and over and not catch. I sat for a half on the side of the road 
and the car started up, got me a few hundred yards, and died again. No 
amount of revving the engine was able to bring it back. I finally got it 
off the interstate and parked it in a lot, let it sit for two hours, and 
when I went back, the outside air was much cooler and the car wanted to 
run like a scalded cat.

> It's not clear if the starter was turning and it just not catching or was
> the starter not turning. Which one is it?
> 
> -Marc
> 
>  
>    Having to sit in traffic for nearly an hour today the '85 began to
> stumble and then died. As the traffic was due to an accident ahead, the
> whole interstate was closed. I tried to start the car and it coughed a
> couple times but nothing else. The coolant temp never even got about half
> way. On a whim I yanked the fuse to the fuel pump and let the car dry itself
> out. After a few more minutes of coughing it finally caught and I was able
> to go again. Problem is that when I came to a stop the car died again and
> resumed it's non-starting issue. Mind you, the weather was quite warm today
> and I don't have these stumbling problems in cooler weather. What could the
> outside temperature be affecting so that the car would run rich to a fault?


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