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so, firstly, i know this in the local section. secondly, i have already searched, alot.

anyway, having some troubles with my car. basically, driving along, engine cuts out. has happened four times, twice i had to push start the car, once it started fine and the other it would do either until about 20 mins later when i tryed and it worked.

3 times the engine completely cut out - no revs or anything etc etc when the engine turns off. another time it felt like the engine cut, got no reponse from the accelerator or steering but the revs were still up. they eventually dropped down and stalled, but i thought id was a bit weird driving along with the engine going but no response.

so basically i have a few ideas, but no real idea. from what ive read could be aac valve, bov, and i reckon it could maybe have something to do with fuel?

any other ideas?

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have you looked at the AFM and do you have an immobiliser installed i had one that broke and had the same symptoms as you are having i had it removed and then replaced with a new one works great could also be your ECU or Alternator

if the car is actually running fine while its working its more than likely an electrical problem. if its got an immobiliser than you should have it removed and buy a new one as its probably cutting in whenever it feels like it...

Although intermittent Gus take it to the Pro's. Yes it will cost unfortunately.

Were all guessing and it could be many electrical things. (dicky ignitor perhaps?)

It's too scary to be going fast around a mountain corner when the engine cuts out. No power stearing and near nothing in the brake department. If your not right on the ball a heck of an accident waiting to happen.

Cheers

S!N

Another vote for immobilizer here.

Another thing, is there a chance that maybe the plug on your ignitor box at the back of your coil packs is loose?

Does the car die completely or is anything still running (i.e. fuel pump)?

1 vote for CAS.

Give me a buzz if you want to test it out. I should have a spare CAS you can test out but I want a retainer because someone else on here didn't end up returning my ignition module.

Beside that, I have a few other spares that you can test as well.

happens when im slowing down coming up to a corner

I'd agree with Sin. Go to a mechanic, that 5h1t could get you in a serious mess if it happens at an unlucky time. Extra to previous suggestions, I'd get the Throttle Position Sensor checked. Mine used to stall when I was rolling up to intersections or travelling through slow traffic at low revs. It behaved fine for the mechanic until he gave it a whack with a (I assume padded) mallet, then it went haywire/stalled the car etc. Hard to find, relatively cheap to fix.

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