Rick Morris > wrote:

>I was driving my 2001 MX-5 (26K, Red) around with my wife looking at the
>Fall colors. The car had been stuck in the garage for close to a month as I
>had a pallet of building supplies blocking it's egress. Anyhow, got it out
>an went for a nice drive. About 1/2 hour into our drive the car started
>acting like it was out of fuel. Almost like the ignition was being turned on
>an off. I got to a side street and noted that the car could not rev over
>1,500 rpm without intermittently losing power. The check engine light came
>on about that time. The car would idle but revving it above 1,500 rpm again
>caused it to cut power on and off. After about 5 minutes of this, the whole
>ting resolved and the car again drove as it always has. However, the check
>engine light remains on now. Again, there are no current drivability issues
>but the check engine light is on. Any ideas of what happened?? I hate to go
>to the dealer but I guess I will need to have them look at it. No problems
>ever before with the car. I assumed it was an electronic glitch. There was
>no backfiring, but the on-off power thing was almost like turning the
>ignition switch on and off.

It cannot have been water in the fuel that collected at the bottom of the
tank while standing?

Leon

>Does one have to go to a Mazda dealer to see what happened or can any
>competent independent shop help me??
>
>Weird!
>
>Thanks for any suggestions!!
>
>Rick
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