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Old April 30th 05, 10:57 PM
Richard Minami
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Could it be a fuel filter? I think there's one on the '94s... (I'm
mechanically challenged as well) But it sure sounds like the same symptoms
as my parent's old '82 Ford van. It died on the freeway while I had the
pedal down. I was able to quickly throw it into neutral and restart the
engine and pop it back into drive. We didn't have a problem for the rest of
the drive. But a friend suggested the fuel filter. We had it changed a few
days later and never saw the problem again.

My '94 Explorer factory battery lasted 10 years! I couldn't believe it, so
I checked all my records and couldn't find any new battery purchase. There
is a chance that I lost it, but I don't think so. I guess it has to do with
Seattle's mild winters and pleasant summers. Life has been hectic, and I
just never thought about it. It always fired right up. Last year on what
turned out to be the coldest day of the winter, it still cranked but had a
hard time. Got the battery replaced the next day. I wonder how much more
"borrowed time" I could have sqeezed out of that thing!

Richard Minami
2005 Explorer XLT Sport 4x4
1997 Coleman Yukon


"redcat" > wrote in message
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> Even though the Fuel pump relay has been replaced, sometimes the car
> won’t start. So we do the “take the relay out to cool off” stuff, and
> then it will start.
>
> The bigger problem is that at times the engine will die while I’m
> driving. The battery light comes on and the rpm goes to zero as the
> engine cuts out completely. I’ve been fortunate to be able to
> manuever it safely to the side of the road although the power steering
> won’t work at that point.
>
> It can be very dangerous and happens without warning. It happened
> last week when I was driving on a highway at a constant 55mph and was
> 60 miles into the trip…. then it happened twice in one day. The first
> time I was doing 40mph and only 8 miles from home, got it restarted
> and to my destination where the car sat for 3 hours. I was on the way
> home and it died when slowing down for a stop sign and only 3 miles
> into my return trip.
>
> I usually let it sit for a minute or two and try to restart. If that
> doesn’t work, I do the relay thing mentioned above.
>
> The mechanics are mystified. They cannot pinpoint the problem. I’m
> afraid to drive it any distance unless my husband is with me.
>
> I looked through a lot of the postings, but didn’t see anything
> specific about this. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!
>
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