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'96 850 occasionally dies whilst idling, at lights, in p-lots etc 850

posted by  Curly352 on  Tue Jan 11 18:14 CST 2005
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G'day,

Have an irritating problem with my 100K '96 850. Occasionally (no real pattern) idle seems to get erratic, shift up arrow comes on, and the engine dies. No Check engine light or codes. The shift up arrow light does not always come on when it is doing this.
Have changed... plugs, wires, dist cap and rotor. Worked fine for two days... and now is doing the same thing again. I have a decent 43psi at the fuel rail. Have read other post claiming the temp sensor could be the culprit... have checked it with a meter and all seems good and it seems to be reading fine. The vehicle does seem to do it more so after driving along at lower speeds, constant throttle... but it can also happen at freeway speeds.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
Curly








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    '96 850 occasionally dies whilst idling, at lights, in p-lots etc 850

    posted by  dmz702 on  Thu Jan 20 05:01 CST 2005
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    under the battery tray is the auto transmission shift sensor and a fuel relay. Both can become corrorded and give bad electric impulses








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    '96 850 occasionally dies whilst idling, at lights, in p-lots etc 850

    posted by  KlausC on  Wed Jan 12 06:23 CST 2005
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    Check the altenator output. Also check the OBD codes, there will be some to read and point you to the real problem.
    Klaus
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    98 V70Rawd(101Kmi), 95 854T(85K mi), 88 245(165K mi)








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      '96 850 occasionally dies whilst idling, at lights, in p-lots etc 850

      posted by  Curly352 on  Wed Jan 12 09:09 CST 2005
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      Alternator output is good, there are absolutely no codes whatsoever. I keep checking just in case.... but to no avail.
      Could it be a faulty coil maybe?








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        '96 850 occasionally dies whilst idling, at lights, in p-lots etc 850

        posted by  fixit2003 on  Thu Jan 13 04:19 CST 2005
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        RPM sensor maybe???








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          '96 850 occasionally dies whilst idling, at lights, in p-lots etc 850

          posted by  someone claiming to be erikbgt on  Mon Jan 17 14:53 CST 2005 [RELATED]

          I had a problem on mine w/ the CMP sensor but it was throwing that code. Another thing which is on the earlier models is the RPM sensor is very close to the coil output and can cause stalling issues. Or fuel filter too, I had all 3 looked at and now no more stalling :-) but more problems arise yay!







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