New development: Car stalls, dealer cannot figure out

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by norpe, Jan 18, 2004.

  1. norpe

    norpe Guest

    Car is 740, year 1990 station wagon:
    Motor (2.3 L) stalls when driving. Can happen when motor is warm or cold,
    driving slow or fast. "Check enging" light comes on. Starts up again without
    any problem. This has happened about 5-6 times during the last month. Seems
    to be some intermittent problem. Took it to dealer. The check engine light
    is still on. Dealer says that when computer is checked, states that engine
    light came on because of load sensor signal or speed (speedometer? ) input
    signal. Cannot repair it because signals are all OK now. Cold be problem w
    computer, load sensor, some loose wire, or whatever. Told me to come back
    when it cannot be started, because then they can diagnose it and see what is
    wrong. Has anyone experienced similar problem???? Cannot take car far from
    home, because never knows when it will act up again.

    New development: Car stalled again, once coming to a stop started up
    immediately. Check engine light came on. Drove another couple of days with
    no problem. . When driving home from dentist, discovered that the check
    engine light was not on anymore, had reset itself. Really weird. Since then,
    which was 2 weeks ago, haven't had any problem.
    Why did light reset, just by sitting there? (New battery, didn't disconnect
    anything).
    Did the car heal itself??????????????????????????????????


    PS: Why do my posts disappear after about a week???????
     
    norpe, Jan 18, 2004
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  2. norpe

    G Klein Guest

    Check both sides #2 & #6 for any codes you might have 214 on side #6 which
    is the engine speed sensor also if the sensor has a yellow band on it change
    it all of the new sensors made from 1992 on will have a white band near the
    connector
     
    G Klein, Jan 18, 2004
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