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Originally Posted by Shaboom
A cold engine means it takes a lot less to cause the problem, although some days I've had problems no matter how long I warm it up, especially at an uphill freeway entrance.
It seems to be stalling, yeah, except with an especially cold engine it'll be extra hard to get it going again. Just now I had it die on me very early in a trip (I didn't expect the "hill" to be enough to push it over the edge, but it was at the start of the trip so all hell broke loose), and I had to let it sit for a minute before it would start again. Even then the engine was shaking like crazy, and I had to let it roll forward a little and then start it moving to calm it. Rest of the trip went fine.
The problem starting wasn't really a "give it gas", wheezy sort of dead (although giving it gas seemed to help), but more that it was stalling as quickly as it started.
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The "shacking like crazy", indicates an ignition problem but is confirmed as being intermittent. Therefore this would not normally suggest a spark plug problem.
The sit for a minute and then things come right. causes suspicion regarding fuel starvation, until a fault clears. Nothing exactly points to an electrical intermittent, but damn it, here we are not involved in an exact science.
The one time I have experienced an intermittent problem exactly like this, which was so hard to locate, it turned out to be an object in the fuel tank. Only on occasion did this block the outlet but cleared before it could be detected. It kept the car out of racing for some time. The problem is always, how to get at it when it is actually playing up.
The tactic is to absolutely eliminate one item at a time. Items have been suggested which you have eliminated from the equation on the basis that they were replaced not that long ago. This is not a means of ABSOLUTELY ruling them out and you will have to back track. A hit and miss approach is unlikely to be effective and will drive you up the wall. A logical approach can give some satisfaction along the way.
