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Old 08-06-2008, 09:49 PM
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car keeps stalling

ill be driving my car and all of a sudden i cant gas my car anymore, i lose my steering and all my lights come on such as check engine stuff like that. does anyone know what would be causing that. reminder i just got my tranny rebuilt like 3 weeks ago
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Old 08-06-2008, 11:03 PM
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Re: car keeps stalling

Does the CEL light come on? If it's a 92-95 you can check the codes using the instructions in the How To documents. If it's a 96-97 Autozone or Advance Auto will check the codes for free.

Does it usually start right back up??

First guess without any other info is a bad MAF.
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Old 08-06-2008, 11:14 PM
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Re: car keeps stalling

mine is a 92 and when it stalls all the lights turn on the dash. and recently when it would stall out i would take the terminal off the battery so everything resets and it runs good for a whiile and then out of no where i cant gas it anymore and i lose my power steering
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Old 08-06-2008, 11:17 PM
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Re: car keeps stalling

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mine is a 92 and when it stalls all the lights turn on the dash. and recently when it would stall out i would take the terminal off the battery so everything resets and it runs good for a whiile and then out of no where i cant gas it anymore and i lose my power steering
Check the belts.
Check fuel pump/ground.

When all the lights come on and the car stalls that to me means timing belt/power steering belt failure. It's happened to my 94 twice.
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Old 08-06-2008, 11:23 PM
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Re: car keeps stalling

my fuel pump is good i just checked thaat and my power steering belt i just had that replaced when i got a whole new pump put in.
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Old 08-06-2008, 11:38 PM
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Re: car keeps stalling

You lose your PS and all the dash lights come on because the engine stops.

If you can, leave the battery connected so the ECU will store some codes. Then after it happens check for stored codes and let us know what you get.

If the timing belt went, you wouldn't be able to start it up again untill the belts were replaced...
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Old 08-07-2008, 01:58 AM
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You lose your PS and all the dash lights come on because the engine stops.

If you can, leave the battery connected so the ECU will store some codes. Then after it happens check for stored codes and let us know what you get.

If the timing belt went, you wouldn't be able to start it up again untill the belts were replaced...
The power steering belt could be off and the timing belt may be loose, or it could be too tight ect. but I agree with this guy just let us know what the codes say and all will be easier
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Old 08-14-2008, 09:22 PM
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Re: car keeps stalling

it finally stalled out that i could get the codes for it and it was the mass air flow sensor that neeeds replaced
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