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This happened a few weeks ago and I'm now afraid to take any drives.
Car drove perfect for over an hour. I then felt a very brief "blip", loss of power. It was so brief I wasn't sure it even happened. The car continued to run perfect for another 1/2 hour and then another very brief loss of gas pedal, but rpm's stayed up. 20 minutes later another loss of power but this time rpm's dropped and continued to drop as if the car was out of gas, yet there was more than 1/2 tank. I rolled to a safe place on roadside. The engine started right up and idled well. When I pressed the gas pedal, to slightly rev the engine, it died immediately. It started up several more times but would only idle ... then would crank only and not start. All fluids were good and temperature gauge showed good temp and fuses were good. I made the AAA call and got the car home. The next morning the car started perfect. I took a short drive on the highway with no problems.
As always, intermittent problems are the worst to figure out. I'm hoping this is an issue/sympton one of you is familiar with. Fuel related or electrical? Maybe something with heat, temperature or expansion since it drove fine for an hour before first "blip"? Perhaps a grounding issue?
Thanks in advance!
Car drove perfect for over an hour. I then felt a very brief "blip", loss of power. It was so brief I wasn't sure it even happened. The car continued to run perfect for another 1/2 hour and then another very brief loss of gas pedal, but rpm's stayed up. 20 minutes later another loss of power but this time rpm's dropped and continued to drop as if the car was out of gas, yet there was more than 1/2 tank. I rolled to a safe place on roadside. The engine started right up and idled well. When I pressed the gas pedal, to slightly rev the engine, it died immediately. It started up several more times but would only idle ... then would crank only and not start. All fluids were good and temperature gauge showed good temp and fuses were good. I made the AAA call and got the car home. The next morning the car started perfect. I took a short drive on the highway with no problems.
As always, intermittent problems are the worst to figure out. I'm hoping this is an issue/sympton one of you is familiar with. Fuel related or electrical? Maybe something with heat, temperature or expansion since it drove fine for an hour before first "blip"? Perhaps a grounding issue?
Thanks in advance!