[V8] Odd Temporary (I hope!) Stall Issue - Input Requested

Kent McLean kentmclean at mindspring.com
Wed Mar 9 08:24:53 EST 2005


daves745t at optonline.net wrote:
 > I got out of the car and found that the entire
 > front end - grill, headlights, front spoiler was
 > encased in several inches of frozen slush. I got
 > the majority of it off, but when I tried to restart,
 > the "CAT" light stayed on, the car ran rough and
 > would sputter out and die when put into gear.

Wild Arse Guess:  heat soak (from no air flow when
you stopped the car) pushed a sensor past its limit.
Cooling off put it back within normal range and
all is fine.  Now you just have to guess which
sensor. :)

--
Kent
'94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
'89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke


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