Engine dies but then starts fine (cold weather related?)

[brianpgriset]

Here are the syptoms:

- Sometimes I am cruising along and the power just cuts out, everything stays lit and works fine, pedal just goes dead. If I stomp on the pedal a few times power will kick back in
- The last two times this happened, instead of getting power back all the lights on the dash go off like a xmas tree and the car dies
- When it died I just turned the key off and started the car right up, no issues at all, everything normal
- This appears to be only happening when cold outside (or it is a new problem)


Could it be something in the fuel system cutting out? Anyone have anything like this before?

[jlevie]

When being driven at speeds above 45mph and the power goes away does the tach take a large drop? If it does, the DME is loosing timing data or power. If the tach doesn't drop but the econometer drives towards zero there is a problem with the fuel system.

[brianpgriset]

When being driven at speeds above 45mph and the power goes away does the tach take a large drop? If it does, the DME is loosing timing data or power. If the tach doesn't drop but the econometer drives towards zero there is a problem with the fuel system.

Happend today again, it was the econ going to zero.

What is the first thing(s) I should check on fuel sys? Sounds like it could be a bad connection (open circuit) since it's intermittent.

[jlevie]

The econometer going to zero suggests that the car has a fuel delivery issue. This could be a clogged filter, bad fuel pump relay, dying pump, or bad FPR. If the car is an 88 or later C191 (below the intake) could be corroded.

[TimR]

Any chance you got some bad gas or water in the tank ??? guy last week had all kinds of trouble after a few rainy days, added Sty Dri ??? for water in the gas,