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5.8L 2b
Member # 786
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My car has done this 2 times in the past week, I will be cruising along and all of a sudden the engine just shut down, not die but stops producing power for a second or 2 then it goes back to normal, and the rpm's drop all the way to 0 then come back up to normal. What the hell?
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sic91sleeper
Member # 779
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Fuel pump?
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5.8L 2b
Member # 786
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I was kinda thinking that but I'm not sure, it only does it every once in a while.
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richard90stang
Member # 91
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Check the coil wiring, my 95 gt did the same thing. It would shut off and then just turn on again. Problem was my coil wiring was bad. The wires were lose inside the connector that plugged in to the coil.
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5.8L 2b
Member # 786
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That could be it, I take my coil wire off all the time, I'll check it.
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T-TopTerror
Member # 480
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If it's a fuel injected car I would look into the TFI module. Main cause of most short in ignition problems. Otherwise double-check all ignition wiring for good connections.
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richard90stang
Member # 91
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Any updates?
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5.8L 2b
Member # 786
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Not yet, I will check it today, but it just did it again
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sic91sleeper
Member # 779
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Why do you take your coil wire off all the time Kevin? Anti theft reasons? Just wondering l8a....
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5.8L 2b
Member # 786
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quote: Originally posted by sic91sleeper: Why do you take your coil wire off all the time Kevin? Anti theft reasons? Just wondering l8a....
Yeah, I don't want my shit to get stolen!
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sic91sleeper
Member # 779
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Dont you have the black jack alarm? If so with that and maybe you should install a fuel pump cut off switch know ones gonna try to steal it.
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5.8L 2b
Member # 786
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yeah I am going to put some kill switches in too
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1sic91blackgt
Member # 868
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ya i have some fuel cut off switchs but its not like anybody would wanna steel my car
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88TurbocoupeT3
Member # 1592
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nice gt
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