Re: 405 MI16 sudden stalls

From: Jim Lill (jpl@vectorbd.com)
Date: Sun 04 Jun 2000 - 18:55:59 UTC

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    On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, James McLachlin wrote:

    > Just yesterday, my 89 MI16 suddenly stalled at a traffic light. I
    > tried to restart immediately and appeared to 'flood' the engine. After
    > a 3 minute wait, it restarted. Today, I drove for 30 minutes and
    > stopped to by supplies. The car would not start again. This time, it
    > took 15 minutes. When trying to restart, the car just turned over with
    > no fires. Then after giving up for 10 minutes and looking for
    > alternative transportation, it started. I drove off and was crusing at
    > 80km/hr when the car just died. After half an hour, the car still
    > would not start, so I arranged for a tow to my mechanic. He called me
    > later to say that they could find nothing wrong!

    did your car get the recall on sealing the ECU from water? Do you use a
    car wash a lot?

    -Jim



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