tauman
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- Aug 18, 2012
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Arlington,
Virginia
I have a 99 GSX with 90K miles which is in modest shape. It is generally stock (and at the point where I need to fix things), but something unexpected happened today.
I was driving back from work when the engine sputtered and cut out (died) while I was doing about 65 mph on the highway. There was no warning, just suddenly the engine didn't respond to the gas and quit. After sitting at the side of the road for a few minutes, I tried to restart it and managed. I got about 1-2 miles up the highway when it happened again. At that point, I waited again and got it started (pretty much first try each time) then limped it home (about 10 miles) but off the highway in case it died again. However, I kept the RPMs down as I wondered if the cause was the fuel pump dying and cutting out at high demand. However, I managed to get it home with no further incidents.
Later, I took it out as I wanted to see if I could figure out what was going on, but it died again about 1/2 mile from my apartment. After waiting a little, it wouldn't really restart and the check engine light came on from which I got the P0340 code. Later (and hour or so) I went back and restarted it successfully twice (but didn't try to drive it and stopped it after only a few seconds).
Back in December I changed the timing belt (and water pump and pulleys and tensioners) and I wondered (based on what I read on here) if the connector got loose. I re-inserted the plug before I started the car the last two times, but who knows if that did anything. Anyway, I've done 12K miles and 8 months on the new timing belt, so I kind of assumed that if I screwed anything up, it would have manifested before.
Does anyone have any ideas beyond the obvious (i.e. the P0340 code). I find it strange that the light didn't come on pretty quickly and wonder if it is a symptom of a different problem.
Thoughts?
Thanks.
I was driving back from work when the engine sputtered and cut out (died) while I was doing about 65 mph on the highway. There was no warning, just suddenly the engine didn't respond to the gas and quit. After sitting at the side of the road for a few minutes, I tried to restart it and managed. I got about 1-2 miles up the highway when it happened again. At that point, I waited again and got it started (pretty much first try each time) then limped it home (about 10 miles) but off the highway in case it died again. However, I kept the RPMs down as I wondered if the cause was the fuel pump dying and cutting out at high demand. However, I managed to get it home with no further incidents.
Later, I took it out as I wanted to see if I could figure out what was going on, but it died again about 1/2 mile from my apartment. After waiting a little, it wouldn't really restart and the check engine light came on from which I got the P0340 code. Later (and hour or so) I went back and restarted it successfully twice (but didn't try to drive it and stopped it after only a few seconds).
Back in December I changed the timing belt (and water pump and pulleys and tensioners) and I wondered (based on what I read on here) if the connector got loose. I re-inserted the plug before I started the car the last two times, but who knows if that did anything. Anyway, I've done 12K miles and 8 months on the new timing belt, so I kind of assumed that if I screwed anything up, it would have manifested before.
Does anyone have any ideas beyond the obvious (i.e. the P0340 code). I find it strange that the light didn't come on pretty quickly and wonder if it is a symptom of a different problem.
Thoughts?
Thanks.
) and started up the car. It started okay, but the engine light came on with the 0135 code (O2 sensor) and I noticed that white smoke was coming out of the back. I let it warm up, but the white smoke continued. One thing I noticed thought, was that it smelled more like burning hydrocarbons than I would expect if coolant was in the engine. Needless to say, I was "somewhat concerned".
