[Shotimes] Cutting out???

Shylo McKinsey mrfluffy02@yahoo.com
Sun, 7 Aug 2005 09:05:50 -0700 (PDT)


Hey now, I had the exact same symptoms when my DIS AND
my crank went (about 7 months between them).

Shylo

--- Dave Kegel <d.kegel@comcast.net> wrote:

> Yeah, no kidding.  What's with all these other
> suggestions?
> 
> Crank sensor.
> 
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Ron Porter
> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 10:01 AM
> To: '`V6 SHOtimes'
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Cutting out???
> 
> 
> Boy, it certainly sounds like classic crank sensor
> symptoms, diving tach, no
> CEL, and all!!
> 
> Your crank sensor symptoms were different? Are you
> sure it was the crank
> sensor last time?
> 
> Ron Porter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Mike
> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2005 12:48 AM
> To: `V6 SHOtimes
> Subject: [Shotimes] Cutting out???
> 
> Strange symptom:  while driving down the road the
> engine momentarily dies,
> tach dives, then immediately recovers.  Somewhat
> comical, lurching down the
> road.  It will stall at idle, but start right up
> again.  Also, it is erratic
> in nature; I'm only driving short distances till I
> get it fixed, and some
> trips it won't do it at all.  No apparent
> consistency; hot, cold, or
> between. Since the tach dives, I'm thinking its
> electrical in nature; but
> doesn't throw a CEL or code.  The crank sensor was
> changed at a 60K about
> 20K miles ago, but I've had one go out and the
> symptoms were quite
> different.  Since it always starts right up,
> probably not a cam sensor.
> What happens if the DIS becomes erratic; or has
> anyone had a crank sensor do
> this sort of thing?  Any other ideas?  ('91)  No
> recent maintenance, that
> might have caused this, by the way. Mike
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