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Been happening off and on for a little while now, every now and then the engine will die, dos'nt stutter or anything just dies all together and then about 1/2 - 1 second later it comes back, always happened whilst i was driving untill the weekend, it would'nt start, cranked a few times and it wouldnt start, turned the key all the way off and 3 or 4 of the warning lights stayed on, i think it was the engine, exhaust and the usual alternator and one other one next to them, turned the key back on and it started.

As i said its been doing it for a while but it is doing it more and more often lately, nothing else dies just the engine and it dos'nt splutter or slowly die it just dies like someone had turned it off, all electrics inside work like normal and the only warning lights that normaly come on are the same ones that come on when you turn ignition on before you start the car.

If anyone has idea what this could be i would appreciate it.

Thanks.

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rb25det S1 R33.

The problem is that it is intermittent, cant really find the problem unless it happens whilst he has it, could spend a fortune looking and never actually find the problem, im hoping someone else has had the same problem.

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Simililar issue to mine except I lost everything... ended up being a crushed ignition wire running over the top of the steering column.... took a couple of days to find the damn thing and it only was a problem as a friend drove my car and moved the steering wheel from where its always been!

Could be many things....... i'd start with the ignititon circuits and start eliminating, your obviously getting the ignition at the barrel if your retaining reds so it would be after that which then eliminates out about 6 fuses that could be half on the way out! .....

Another possibility would be if you have an alarm and the immobiliser is playing up and activating even though the alarm isn't on..... guessing to would have ignition/spark & fuel cuts as standard....... have seen it happen but alot of the time the siren would activate also...

When driving, does it seem to be a bump or similar in the road that causes it to die or is it just random?

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Ive been trying to pin point when it happens but it does it at anytime, the first couple of times was when it was cold but now its whenever it feels like, also on the first couple of times it was at low speed but since then it has done it on the freeway, hav'nt noticed any pot holes and on the weekend was the first time it ever did it when starting, normally its always happened whilst the car is moving.

Its an odd one, i know its going to be something simple but where the hell do i start.

Actually one thing i found out on the weekend is that the ecu has no bracket holding it in, maybe there is an earth issue there.

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