brucec@amex-trs.com (Bruce Carter) writes:
> Last night on my way home from work and dinner the car decides to just
> quit. I mean really quits, everything quit, the lights give out, the
> radio quit, and the engine ceased to fire. Then all of a sudden I got
> this big shotgun sounding backfire with an accompanying BIG, like REALLY
> BIG black puff of smoke from the tail pipe.
Can you clarify a few things please?
- Was this at nighttime, with all lights blazing away, etc.?
- Did it abruptly die, like flipping off a big switch, or did it sort
of fade away over a few seconds or minute or so?
- What did you do to get going again? (Assuming you DID get going again...)
On the face of it, sounds like you had some sort of massive electrical short,
a loose positive battery cable flopping around and grounding, for example.
-- Andy
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