Stalls while driving....

[Bill_FL]

Car: 95 Talon ESI

Ok, I am sure I have seen this before here, but dont see it now. As most of you know, I am working on a project car for/with my daughter. I got the oil pressure problem solved and we were out driving it. Luckily I was behind the wheel when this happened, but it just died and before I could get it into nuetral (auto tranny) it refired.

I think its electrical because the radio presets went out, clock, etc. Then, once home, it would not crank the next day, it just would not do anything. I could get radio, lights, etc on, but would not even attempt a turn over. Tried it again several hours later and fired right up.

My only experience with a problem like this is in a Fiat Spider. In that car, a bad ignition switch would do the same thing.

Where do I start looking?

 

[Cool Mr Steve]

I'm not sure if it is the same in your car, but in my old 95 eclipse non-turbo Mitsubishi made the stupid "engine mounted ecu" that went out on me twice, and had the same problem with intermittent stalling. One test that I did (again, assuming that you may have the same engine mounted Ecu) was while the car was running, or when it refused to start, I would open the hood and punch the Ecu and see if it changed the condition of the car. If it was running and I punched it, it would stop running. If it was refusing to start I punched it and it would turn right over. And, if it doesnt work or you dont have an engine mounted ECU, punch something else. Good stress relief...