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Old April 17th 05, 06:33 PM
dicko
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My '94 did that too. I did the whole thing with the fuel pump relay as
well as the relay supplying power to the whole car. Turned out to be
the battery. A new battery cured the problem.

dickm

On 17 Apr 2005 12:35:01 -0400, redcat >
wrote:

>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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