Alero engine dieing.

[Fi-Alero]

Today I was at sonic, stopped in the drivethrough, when i seen the RPMs jump up and down and finnaly the car just died. After about 5-6 minutes, I tried starting it again, and it worked fine. 10 minutes down the road, i was going about 55, and it died again. Once again, 5 minutes later I started the car back up and worked fine. I noticed when accelerating, the car wants to start trying to cut off again, the RPM needle goes crazy. Well, In total it died on me 4 times within 25 miles. The car is not running hot at all. Just right when its dieing, i can feel the front jumping real bad.

Can anyone give me some advice on what it could be? This is the first time ever that this has happened to me.

[teflone]

check your battery connections.. could be loose.. tighten em up to be sure..

[SIUlero]

SES light on?

[TheEdgeofSanity]

maybe check ur injectors......my dad had a grand prix that was doing that and it turned out to be fuel injectors...

[Fi-Alero]

I'll check my battery connections tomorrow. I didn't know that would have anything to do with it.

Also what is a SES light?

And, ill suggest to my dad about the fuel injectors.

Thanks guys :).

[TheEdgeofSanity]

ses light is the "service engine soon" light. its by your speedometer

[jayson_waltz]

ses= service engine soon

[Stanl3yX]

When I had that kind of issue I had to get my 02 sensors and my catalyst convertor replaced

[Fi-Alero]

Today I've been riding around and it hasnt died at all. It has ran perfect all day. I don't know what was wrong with it yesterday, but it doesnt appear to be anything wrong with it today.

[SIUlero]

could be bad gas....when's the last time you filled up?

[Fi-Alero]

I put $20 in it about 10 minutes before this happened. I thought maybe bad gas too.

[SIUlero]

pour in some heet and top it off....if that's all it was, you'll be ok after that

[TurboAleroGT40]

hmm check the ignition control unit, it under the coil packs

[meadus101]

What about the Distributor cap?


Assuming a Car has one, I know this happened all the time on my dad's Chev Cheyenne, We had to swap out the whole Distributor Assembly.

If it was the cap, and it ever happens again, just pull off the top and take a Heat Gun or Hair dryer to it.

[SIUlero]

No cap...we have individual coil packs, also known as DIS so there is no distributor. In fact very few newer cars have distributors.

[brim]

drop the motor and remove the rockers, see if that works, could be sticking rocker arms

[Ryan from Ohio]

Alternator may be going bad...

[natedawg9640]

i think you are low on blinker fluid and your muffler might be loose. also you may want to check your cigarette lighter for any raw sewage deposits... and if all that fails, turn your oil cap a quarter turn to the left and it's a sure fix!

[Bad99Olds]

haha, i realize this is a long shot, a very long shot, but if you have one of those cyclone or turbonater things installed, and it tries to go into the engine, thatll cut the engine off. again, .0001% chance thats it, but wth, just my .02