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240trainee · 10-03-2007, 07:32 AM

Ok, here's the car

92 vert
automatic
bone stock

My Mom has been driving my second car (this one) for a couple months now. It seems that at stoplights, the thing will die and not start again. Now, she says there is nothing out of the ordinary, one moment it is running, the next it's not. The motor turns over, but won't fire. But after a couple minutes it fires right up.

Now, I drove the thing for a couple months before her, never had a problem. I have drive it around since then, and it has never happened to me. I replaced the starter last week, but that was a different issue, wouldn't crank until I hit the starter with a hammer.

The problem here is it cranking but not firing, and dying at stop lights.

I don't know what the fuck it is, and I can't get it to happen to me. but it kinda needs to stop.

any thoughts??

axiomatik · 10-03-2007, 11:36 AM

hmm, I seem to remember that happening to my car, but that was like 7 years ago and I don't remember what I did to fix it, so all I can do is wish you luck. Sorry I can't help.

steve shadows · 10-03-2007, 12:10 PM

maybe its the stoplights emitting some odd electromagnetic pulse that offsets the circuits in the ecu?

johngriff · 10-03-2007, 12:30 PM

Coolant Temp Sensor?
Bad Spark Plugs?
THE NECRONOMICON??!?

axiomatik · 10-03-2007, 01:08 PM

HAHA! steve let his premium membership lapse

***S14DB*** · 10-03-2007, 02:30 PM

Vacuum leak?
IACV?
TPS?
TB clean?

GSXRJJordan · 10-03-2007, 11:13 PM

^^^ All the things S14DB posted are great starting places... idle is when the MAF/all vacuum connections are most important... clean that shit out. The fact that after a couple minutes it starts back up makes me thing fueling though... hmph.

240trainee · 10-04-2007, 08:13 AM

Yea, the thing that confuses me is aside from the dying occasionally, it drives perfect. Idles at 700 steady, drives perfectly fine throughout the powerband, etc, etc.

Thats what makes me thing no vacuum leak, but of course I will check anyway. Gonna clean the sensors and shit, and start driving it, as she threw me the keys when I stopped by the house last night and said she wouldn't drive it anymore, lol.

Guess I have my daily back.

10-03-2007, 07:32 AM	#1
240trainee Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Richmond, VA Age: 38 Posts: 3,861 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	'92 Vert dying at stoplights Ok, here's the car 92 vert automatic bone stock My Mom has been driving my second car (this one) for a couple months now. It seems that at stoplights, the thing will die and not start again. Now, she says there is nothing out of the ordinary, one moment it is running, the next it's not. The motor turns over, but won't fire. But after a couple minutes it fires right up. Now, I drove the thing for a couple months before her, never had a problem. I have drive it around since then, and it has never happened to me. I replaced the starter last week, but that was a different issue, wouldn't crank until I hit the starter with a hammer. The problem here is it cranking but not firing, and dying at stop lights. I don't know what the fuck it is, and I can't get it to happen to me. but it kinda needs to stop. any thoughts?? __________________ Team Pterodactyl SHARK ATTACK!!! LookoutDrift

10-03-2007, 11:36 AM	#2
axiomatik Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: ATL Posts: 4,702 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	hmm, I seem to remember that happening to my car, but that was like 7 years ago and I don't remember what I did to fix it, so all I can do is wish you luck. Sorry I can't help. __________________

10-03-2007, 12:10 PM	#3
steve shadows Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: LA and OC Posts: 8,202 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	maybe its the stoplights emitting some odd electromagnetic pulse that offsets the circuits in the ecu? __________________ Like Me on FaceBook !

10-03-2007, 12:30 PM	#4
johngriff Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Long Beach, CA Posts: 4,103 Trader Rating: (4) Rides Gallery: johngriff Feedback Score: 4 reviews	Coolant Temp Sensor? Bad Spark Plugs? THE NECRONOMICON??!? __________________ [email protected]

10-03-2007, 01:08 PM	#5
axiomatik Post Whore! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: ATL Posts: 4,702 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	HAHA! steve let his premium membership lapse __________________

10-03-2007, 02:30 PM	#6
*S14DB* AFC #1 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 昨晩あなたのお母さんの家 Posts: 20,181 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Vacuum leak? IACV? TPS? TB clean? __________________ Comments should be taken as Opinions not as Statements of Fact

10-03-2007, 11:13 PM	#7
GSXRJJordan Post Whore! Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 9,135 Trader Rating: (19) Rides Gallery: GSXRJJordan Feedback Score: 19 reviews	^^^ All the things S14DB posted are great starting places... idle is when the MAF/all vacuum connections are most important... clean that shit out. The fact that after a couple minutes it starts back up makes me thing fueling though... hmph. __________________ Jordan Innovations has a new web site! www.JordanInnovations.com -- All your favorite FD Pro Drifters love it, trust me -- www.JordanInnovations.com

10-04-2007, 08:13 AM	#8
240trainee Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Richmond, VA Age: 38 Posts: 3,861 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Yea, the thing that confuses me is aside from the dying occasionally, it drives perfect. Idles at 700 steady, drives perfectly fine throughout the powerband, etc, etc. Thats what makes me thing no vacuum leak, but of course I will check anyway. Gonna clean the sensors and shit, and start driving it, as she threw me the keys when I stopped by the house last night and said she wouldn't drive it anymore, lol. Guess I have my daily back. __________________ Team Pterodactyl SHARK ATTACK!!! LookoutDrift