[s-cars] Intermittant stalling: reborn!!!!

[chris chambers]

Sandy,

Is this happening only when you are on the throttle?
Does it feel like the engine completely died, but it doesn't?
If it is it could be that the ECU thinks it's an overboost situation
and it's cutting off the fuel pump. OTher than actual overboost it can
be caused by a boost leak (typically michelin man hose) OR it
can be a bad connection at the MAF or a bad/failing MAF.

I chased this problem for well over a year with no codes thrown,
finally
it threw code 2224 , and at SJM's site I found the following info. 

http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/trouble_shooting/20vboost.html#oboost

I recommend you check/clean the connections on the MAF and the
connector
on the MAF cable using electronic cleaner.

HTH
Chris


--- Sandy Sligh <sdslig at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> I spoke too soon. After four days of perfect running, on a drive home
> 
> last night the car started to hiccup..or misfire..at speed. I'm not
> sure 
> which is a better descriptor. A very very brief loss of power that 
> violently upsets the car. Then at a stoplight about four blocks from 
> home, she died...and didn't start for another 10 minutes. Of course
> when 
> she did she ran fine..annoying!! Keeping the revs high on the way
> back 
> to the dealer seemed to prevent any more stalling but that might have
> 
> just made me feel better.
> 
> So what now? A new crankshaft sensor didn't seem to fix the
> underlying 
> issue...it couldn't have gone bad again so quickly could it?  I
> dunno.
> 
> Super unhappy Sandy
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