Jon,
My dak was doing the same thing a few months ago and it started about the same
as yours. It would run fine and then stall. When you start it back up it would
run fine with no indication that anything happend. As time went by it started
getting harder and harder to start and I couldn't figure it out. Finally took it
to the dealer and they found a bad ignition relay. Made sense, only had the
problem after it got hot and later on it would only restart after it cooled down
for ten to fifteen minutes. If I wold have had to fix on my pocket it would have
cost around 40-50 for the relay from the dealer. Only place to get it. Hope this
helps.
Jeff Durling
'96 RC Sport
Jon Steiger wrote:
> On the way down to Carlisle, as I pulled over to wait for the rest
> of the convoy to go through a tollboth, my Dak stalled. I didn't think
> much of it because it started right back up again, and was fine the rest
> of the way down, throughout the show, and all the way back up. However,
> today, as I was starting out from a light, it stalled again. I managed
> to coast it to the curb, it started again, but would die when I gave it
> any gas. Finally it started again (and stayed running), and I drove
> maybe half a mile or so, and as I was sitting at another light, it died
> again. I waited until the light changed, then started it up, and made
> it about another half a mile to work, which is where I am right now.
>
> I have a fuel pressure guage installed, and the fuel pressure never
> wavered. I've got a new distributor pickup in the distributor, and the
> dealer recently replaced the fuel pump module with a new one.
>
> I didn't get any trouble codes. Seems like most times when it started,
> it'd go up to a little over 1,000rpm or so, then as the idle settled back
> down to about 600, it'd just die. But sometimes it doesn't! Today isn't
> particularly hot - maybe 77-80 degrees.
>
> Anyone have any ideas as to why it would stall like this? I thought maybe
> it was from not enough voltage due to my underdriven alternator pulley,
> but one time it died was when I was holding the revs at about 1500 and
> the voltage needle was in the proper zone. So far, it hasn't stalled
> as I was driving along, just when sitting still.
>
> Argh! :-P
>
> -Jon-
>
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