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Old 16-02-2013, 01:09 PM   #1
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Default Car stops after short distance.

1998 Ford Wagon

My car goes a short distance then shuts down while im driving it. Fourth time two mechanics have hooked up computer & tried everything to find the problem. CANT FIND THE PROBLEM. Its doing my head in. HELP.

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Old 16-02-2013, 01:49 PM   #2
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

Has the car played up while at the mechanics?
Do you leave the car long enough for them to experience the problem?
How often does it do it?
Is the car stock?
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Old 16-02-2013, 01:51 PM   #3
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

Does it misfire to a stop or just clean dead?
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Old 16-02-2013, 02:34 PM   #4
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

is your car on lpg?
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Old 16-02-2013, 03:39 PM   #5
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

Faulty computer or crank sensor perhaps.
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Old 16-02-2013, 03:45 PM   #6
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

does it die while accelerating or when you back off/idle?

my AU did it when i backed off after a service, turned out the battery had been disconnected and the computer reset. the car had previously 'learnt' its way around a fault with the idle control sensor, but the computer reset made the fault appear and couldn't learn around it. upshot was a new idle control sensor and a few days at another workshop with a $700 bill.
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Old 16-02-2013, 03:55 PM   #7
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

Is it going in a straight line or when turning a corner ?

If when turning a corner it could be the power steering sensor that controls the engine speed had this issue in a company car i had

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Old 16-02-2013, 04:03 PM   #8
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Question Re: Car stops after short distance.

If it will keep idling but only stops when you drive it it maybe not enough fuel flow....? fuel filter. Or maybe ignition ... Igniter or crank angle sensor...?
When it stops, how do you get it back home?.....will it start and idle immediately?
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Old 16-02-2013, 04:27 PM   #9
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

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Has the car played up while at the mechanics?
Do you leave the car long enough for them to experience the problem?
How often does it do it?
Is the car stock?
once it starts again ,( it can be 5 min or up to 1 hrs) it runs fine.
Mech had it on computor could not find problem.
im thinking fuel filter dirty will check.
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

seems to do it on short trips only.
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Old 16-02-2013, 05:06 PM   #11
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

Sounds a lot like the problem my old Nissan experienced. It would run fine for a fixed amount of time, then it would cut out due to no fuel getting to the engine.

Turned out it was a split in the fuel pick up in the tank.
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Old 16-02-2013, 05:08 PM   #12
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

Fuel pump.
Do falcs have a gauze filter in the tank like some cars?
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

When it stops and won't restart, can you still hear the fuel pump prime when you turn the key to ignition?
May have to lift the floor in the cargo space to hear it better.
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Old 16-02-2013, 10:14 PM   #14
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

EL or AU?

If EL I'ld lay even money its the module bolted onto the side of the distributor
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EL or AU?

If EL I'ld lay even money its the module bolted onto the side of the distributor

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I have known Ed (one of the organisers) for quite some time and asked him via email if he could find out for me as I was curious..



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Old 16-02-2013, 11:59 PM   #16
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

First find out if its fuel or ignition,,
If fuel it could be pump or pump relay..
Check if it has an alarm ?? {was an issue with my car recently ]
Check all ignition connections, YES TFI can give you grief..
I suspect fuel pump issues..
Oh yes put more than $2 fuel in at a time.. LOL..
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Old 17-02-2013, 10:22 AM   #17
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

I had an EA that did a very similar thing (and funnily enough it was the only thing that went wrong with my EA) i had to replace the whole dizzy which was cheaper in the end because it comes with the tfi mod , after i replaced the tfi mod and it still would die
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Old 17-02-2013, 02:52 PM   #18
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Default Re: Car stops after short distance.

99% sure its the Dizzy and or TFI module on the side. EL went back to the dizzy before the AU was released. TFI module gets hot and engine loses spark. When it cools down off you go, one day it will stop for good.
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