Went to Cars & Coffee, Ended Up on a Flatbed

ChrisSlicks · 07-23-2012, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by christian370z

I was on the on ramp merging onto the 405 and was in 3rd gear around 60mph and acceleration stopped. There was no power so I started pressing the gas pedal and the car didn't respond at all. So I left it in gear and coasted into the emergency lane where as soon as I let the clutch out, the car died.

It was already dead, you were coasting in gear using the engine as a giant air pump. The RPM's dropped as soon as you clutched in but the engine had already ceased firing, and they would have come back if you clutched out while moving (still with no fire of course).

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Originally Posted by christian370z

Actually you make a great point cossie, just before the car cut out I had just about a 1/4 or less a tank of gas and made a longish hard right turn on an on ramp before it cut out a few seconds later. Could it be fuel starvation? Would fuel starvation cause the starting issues and the multiple codes?

Definitely fuel starve. I think the weird codes get thrown when trying to restart with no fuel on the pickup side. Clear codes, add 1 gallon of gas (pickup is on filler neck side), fires right up. Rinse, don't repeat.

2 years ago I got rescued by road side assistance due to this. Fortunately it never came to a flat bed, just added the 1 gallon of gas.

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