Engine quits after two hours
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Joined: Jan 2003
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From: Connecticut
When you say it doesn't happen while just driving around town, do you mean that you can drive around town for 3-4 hours at a time with the engine up to operating temperature the whole time, and the problem won't appear? Yet when you get on the expressway for a simar period of time, the problem will appear?
Forget about the shop this time, pull your own trouble codes and post them here:
Pulling EEC-IV Codes Without a Scan Tool
Pulling EEC-IV Codes Without a Scan Tool (PDF)
Forget about the shop this time, pull your own trouble codes and post them here:
Pulling EEC-IV Codes Without a Scan Tool
Pulling EEC-IV Codes Without a Scan Tool (PDF)
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Joined: Feb 2004
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From: Chesapeake VA
It doesn't happen driving around town, because I don't drive around town for 2 hours, which is the amount of time it takes for the engine to die. One day I was driving around my neighborhood collecting firewood (debris from hurrican Isabel), and the engine died because it had been running for two hours. Idling, freeway, it doesn't matter. If it runs for two hours, it will stall.
Thanks for the procedure to pull the codes. I never knew how to do it before.
Thanks for the procedure to pull the codes. I never knew how to do it before.
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From: St. Peter
it has to be some kind of electronic thing, cause turning off the key will disconnect power, then when you turn it back on the things are reset, which is why you can just shut it off before you think its going to happen and be good for another 2 hrs
