Car Stalled

[whitcre]

A couple of months ago i was traveling down interstate and my 95 sl500 engine(50,000 miles) stopped. After almost getting hit, i pulled over. After about 15 minutes car started fine and i made it home. my mechanic said he thought it might be the mass air flow sensor. i decided to wait since it was running fine. last week it stopped and would not start. i had it towed in and mechanic diagnosed it as crank position sensor and saw no other problems and i had it fixed. could the CPS have caused my original problem?

[swilly43]

Yes this could have been the cause of the original problem, although I have never had one be intermittant. When it stopped the second time, was the symptom the same when it died?

Originally Posted by whitcre

A couple of months ago i was traveling down interstate and my 95 sl500 engine(50,000 miles) stopped. After almost getting hit, i pulled over. After about 15 minutes car started fine and i made it home. my mechanic said he thought it might be the mass air flow sensor. i decided to wait since it was running fine. last week it stopped and would not start. i had it towed in and mechanic diagnosed it as crank position sensor and saw no other problems and i had it fixed. could the CPS have caused my original problem?

[page62]

It could be this, but I had a similar problem in a Datsun 200SX several years ago. It turned out to be an intermittent fuel pump.

You may want to file this knowledge for future reference...

[suginami]

Originally Posted by whitcre

could the CPS have caused my original problem?

Yes, your situation was the classic example of a bad CPS.