Car Cut Out While Driving, Started Then Stalls Immediately

[mattblack]

Hi all,

Was driving along at 70kph @3000rpm when all of a sudden there was a single loud clunk, the car hesitated like the brakes were jammed on for a second then i engaged the clutch and the revs slowly died. at this point the reds came on, lost all power and pulled over.

There was no smoke, wierd smells or and leaks from the engine bay. I tried to get reds and there was no power at all. Tried again and the reds came on but no fuel pump noise (its a Walbro 255l job). Kicked it over and it started for a few seconds then stalled. The engine was smooth for these few seconds.

Checked ignition fuse and all was ok.

Any ideas on what i should check or what it could be?

thanks

[Nathan76]

Give your fuel tank a few whacks and while some one tries to start the car this will sometimes shock a dead fuel pump back to life, to check it in a no start scenario pull the fuel feed line off and put it in a bottle and get some one to crank the car be carfeull to sheilds your eyes

Is weird that the reds wearnt on at one stage, test your battery as they are notorious for not wanting to start with low cranking voltage

[mattblack]

of all things it turned out to be the intercooler hoses coming off and as a result AFMs not working and fowling of plugs.

Turns out my mechanic didnt do up any of the clamps when he had the air box out. Not happy Jan. Better this than something major i guess.

The car is running sweet again.

Edited February 26, 2009 by mattblack