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Mysterious stalling 850

posted by kcbilly on Wed Oct 30 09:40 CST 2002
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My '95 855T, with 155,000 miles has now stalled, as in complete power shutdown, twice in the last two days. The first time was at 30mph and it restarted itself immediately. The second time, at under 10mph, it died completely. The first two attempts at restarting were unsuccessful (totally dead) and on the third try, it restarted as if their had never been a problem. About two weeks ago, on a road trip, I experienced what I would discribe as a "hiccup" 2 or 3 times over a 2 hour period of 70mph driving. Methinks these incidents are all connected. Any ideas?

Bill Carroll

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posted by someone claiming to be washburnsurfer@yahoo.ca on Wed Nov 13 09:05 CST 2002 [RELATED]

Something else to check... Mine used to occasionally fail to start mostly when cold (first start of the day), but a couple of times when the engine was warm too. I checked for spark at the plugs...nothing, pulled the centre wire from the distributor, checked it against the frame and found a very healthy spark. Plugged in back in/out a couple of times and it fired right up. Hasn't happened much since, tho i do have a new rotor/cap to put on and the original cap and wires now has lasted 170K kms!

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posted by oaktownmex on Thu Oct 31 11:10 CST 2002
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Is your check engine light on? It could be the vacuum system. If there's a leak and false air is getting in, the engine can stall.

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posted by Moregolf on Thu Oct 31 02:03 CST 2002
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posted by tonyg on Wed Oct 30 10:59 CST 2002
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kcbilly,
850s have been known to have faulty fuel senders, creating the symptoms that you described.

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