hit big pot hole in road causing car to cut out????
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Evening chaps, just got run off the road by someone who clearly felt they needed both lanes, i hit a pretty deep hole in the road and my 82' n/a cut out and ground to a hault!! i looked around the engine bay, no signs of anything obvious! tried to restart and it fired up fine???
So dear rennlisters, what might cause a cut out when jolted?
i have an induction kit fitted and afm isnt braced properly yet, otherwise stock.
So dear rennlisters, what might cause a cut out when jolted?
i have an induction kit fitted and afm isnt braced properly yet, otherwise stock.
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My 83 would cut out or stall every time I hit a large bump or braked really hard. Turned out to be the reference sensor plugs/receptacles behind the intake were so cracked electrical contact would be broken. I zip-tied them together and never had another problem. Same thing can happen with a loose ground, harness short, or failing DME.
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Sounds electrical in nature of course. Shook something like the reference sensors as above or the DME or a distributor or something like that is where I would look first. The DME relay and the DME board itself. The boards sometimes have cracks and loose pins etc anyway so a jolt could certainly bring about troubles. Hall sensors if they are on your car can be another place to check. I would also closley look at the battery, battery mounts, cables too.
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