Re: Engine Stalled on Freeway, was a warm and humid afternoon

[Jack Ck <jack_ck@yahoo.com>]

I had the pair of O2 sensors 4 months ago.  Weird
though.


--- "Doyt W. Echelberger" <Doyt@nwonline.net> wrote:
> Same thing happened to me about 6 months ago when I
> pulled up to a toll
> booth at an entry to the turnpike. I PUSHED my
> stalled car from the ticket
> window to the side of the road, looked at
> everything, let it sit for 5
> minutes while I thought about what to do next,
> cranked it over and it ran
> fine.
> 
> This was the start of a series of progressively more
> upsetting events
> involving hard starting, uneven idling, power loss,
> and stalling out.  I
> took it to my mechanic who pulled codes and checked
> everything, and finally
> discovered a failed oxygen sensor.  Replaced it, all
> troubles gone, car
> runs great.
> 
> End of story for me. Mine is an 87 5kcstq at 153k
> miles.
> 
> Maybe yours is going down the oxygen sensor failure
> path also.
> 
> Doyt Echelberger
> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> At 06:51 PM 8/26/1999 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >While driving 65mph on the Freeway today with the
> A/C
> >on, the car suddenly jerked/judder and stalled! The
> >oil indicator was flashing, the AT gearbox lights
> were
> >blinking as if it were X-mas and the check engine
> >light came on and off.
> >
> >I had to get off the freeway and crawled to the
> side.
> >I turned off the key and pondered for few seconds
> what
> >I should do. I got out, popped the hood and
> everything
> >looked fine. I checked
> >the oil level and that was fine too. Well, what the
> >heck I said, went back in the car and cranked it. !
> it
> >started ok, as if nothing had happened! Obviously I
> >was to too chicken shit to carry on
> >driving to my destination which was about 40miles
> >away. Made a U turn and headed straight
> >to Rector Motor, my Audi dealer. They can't tell
> >what's wrong w/o a technician looking into it.
> >Made an appt for Tues, for a 75K service and to
> figure
> >what exactly happened.
> >Well, A4-ers; what gives?
> >
> >
> >The saga continues............
> >Jack 
> >100S 94' 2.8 AT
> >77K miles
> >
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