Engine randomly cuts out while driving
Hi all!
My '81 2.5 gtv6 blessed me with a new glitch, the engine cuts out/loses power while I am driving. The car is in an otherwise exellent condition.
The problem:
While driving, the car will lose power and when depressing the accelerator I depress the accelarator, nothing happens! To solve the problem, I have to repatedly switch to a lower gear and dump the clutch to get the revs up, after which the engine comes to life again.
When I depress the clutch, though the engine dies totally!
What could be the problem???
My '81 2.5 gtv6 blessed me with a new glitch, the engine cuts out/loses power while I am driving. The car is in an otherwise exellent condition.
The problem:
While driving, the car will lose power and when depressing the accelerator I depress the accelarator, nothing happens! To solve the problem, I have to repatedly switch to a lower gear and dump the clutch to get the revs up, after which the engine comes to life again.
When I depress the clutch, though the engine dies totally!
What could be the problem???
Does the engine stall completely? Sounds like you have complete loss of engine - not just poor/rough running or the like? Does everything else electrically work in the car during the outage? I would suspect main electrical issue: ignition switch, power to ECU, power to coil, double relay...
Jes
Jes
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87 Milano 3.0 Motronic - budget race car - Roxanne
87 Milano 3.7 24v - race car
(Repeat or do as I say at your own risk - be critical)
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I had a gremlin just like this a few years ago, for something like a year! Didn't matter if the car was hot or cold, turning left or right. One minute driving along just perfect, smooth running - next moment the car would just cut out. It would always restart but man one time it did it just as I was going into a tunnel!
It was very intermittent, some days it would do it a lot some days never, even my mechanic drove it home from from work - but of course it never happened when he drove the car!!
I replaced the Bosch Fuel Injection relay that is located at the top right on the passenger side firewall in the engine compartment - it's the one with two wiring plugs into it from below (light blue relay in bottom left corner of my photo). I replaced it and the problem disappeared for good. The Alfa one may be hard to find but it is an identical part on 1980's VWs too which is why mine is light blue now. They run around $70 or so, it would be worth replacing it regardless because if it hasn't acted up yet ... it will.
GV
It was very intermittent, some days it would do it a lot some days never, even my mechanic drove it home from from work - but of course it never happened when he drove the car!!
I replaced the Bosch Fuel Injection relay that is located at the top right on the passenger side firewall in the engine compartment - it's the one with two wiring plugs into it from below (light blue relay in bottom left corner of my photo). I replaced it and the problem disappeared for good. The Alfa one may be hard to find but it is an identical part on 1980's VWs too which is why mine is light blue now. They run around $70 or so, it would be worth replacing it regardless because if it hasn't acted up yet ... it will.
GV
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