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- From: donald.wendel@yob.sccsi.com (Donald Wendel)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Sudden stalls in 83 Stanz
- Message-ID: <6537.196.uupcb@yob.sccsi.com>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 17:46:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Ye Olde Bailey BBS - Houston, TX - 713-520-1569
- Reply-To: donald.wendel@yob.sccsi.com (Donald Wendel)
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- >>>Subject: Sudden stalls in 83 Stanza...Freeway speed...Diagnosis apprecia
- >>>Date: 10 Dec 1992 20:25:36 GMT
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- SR>>>The alternator was considered; however, if that was the case, wouldn't a
- >>>faulty alternator have drained the battry during the 10 hours it sat
- >>>in the parking garage? The battery was at 12 volts last night upon
- >>>a cold start.
-
- Hi,
- The alternator could be OVERCHARGING and heating things up,
- though usually this causes all the dash lights to come on in a
- Nissan...
-
-
- SR>>>The only reliable symptom so far is that it cuts out ABRUPTLY with a
- >>>hesitation in the throttle, and the tachometer has dropped to zero and
- >>>then zoomed back up to 2000 rpm. The car is much more successfully driven
- >>>when cold--will last 20 minutes or so. Once the first stall has
- >>>occurred, it will rarely go more than 2 minutes. (Does this suggest
- >>>something overheating, and needing time to cool?)
-
- Most likely problem is ignition related, ie: Module,pick-up assembly,
- remote possibility of computer.
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- SR>>>HELP!!!! I need to have some idea of where to start, before I take it
- >>>to a rip-off artist (excuse me, professional mechanic). I have never had
- >>>a mechanic work on this car, other than clutch work. We have done all
- >>>the required maintenance ourself, and the car has only 57,000 original
- >>>miles on it. The engine compartment is so cramped, and with so much
- >>>smog material, I'm sure that fixing it might cost as much as exploratory
- >>>surgery!
-
- SR>>>Any net-wisdom (tm) will be greatly appreciated! Posting or e-mail is fin
-
- SR>>>Sandi
- When it is an intermitten problem I don't know of any easy self
- checking. It usually winds up being parts replacing till problem
- solved...based on the diagnosing between a gas problem and a ignition
- problem.
-
- Don
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- * SLMR 2.1a * I put spot remover on my dog....Spots gone!
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