Car has been running fine for months now after all the work I have done. Once a couple months ago, the car died on my wife a couple times driving into work. I drove it a couple days afterwards and never got it to repeat the problem so I could see what circumstances it was dying at.
Ran fine since then, no sign of problems.
Then, a couple of weeks ago, she had a rash of three days the car would intermittently die, this time she said it happened at stop lights mostly.
Ran fine again until yesterday. It pulled the same thing, kept dying everytime she stopped.
With every time it died, it started right back up.
I have YET to drive it and have the same problem, it drives me nuts, I want to feel what it does when it dies to get a better idea of what it's doing lol.
MY own idea is perhaps the Thermo Valve is sticking or something? Is that the one that goes into the intake and is in contact with the coolant? If so, Im thinking its rusted since the cooling system was like a rust slurpee when I got the car, I have since done an extensive flush and cleanout, new radiator, new thermostat, and added in a rust preventative with the new coolant. I did not, however, replace a Thermo Valve. Can this be a frontrunner for explainations as to the dying problem?
Also, I replaced both front and rear fuel filter thinking maybe it was fuel starved from a clogged filter. The rear filter really was nasty, but new filters have not solved the probelm. I put a glass filter on the line under the hood so I could watch the fuel flow to see if maybe the pump was not keeping enough fuel up there. Last time the car died my wife called me and I had her look at the filter and she said it was still full of fuel. So, it's getting fuel.
The carb is fresly rebuilt too.
Any other ideas?? My inexperienced idea is ThermoValve, but I may be way off. Help!!!
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