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Originally Posted by Mike Murrell
By the way, my situation was as follows:
Get in car and drive approx. 15 mi. on highway. Car starts bucking intermittently, then dies. This ALWAYS happened only when it was hot outside(high 80s or better). I would have to let the car sit for 45 mins to an hr. B4 it would start. The first time this happened it was close to dark back in late March. It had been especially warm that day and was hot on the way home(high 80s). I had to walk home - 3 miles after the stall. By the time I got back to the car, the outside temp had cooled and I started and drove the 3 mi. to my house and just as I pulled in the driveway, it died.
A few days later, a cold front(tail end of winter) blew in and the car was fine during this cool spell. A few days later, the warm-hot weather was back and so was the bucking/dying out after about 15 mi. of driving.
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That's interesting. My situation is very similar in that hot weather makes the problem worse, it rarely dies in the winter time.
Mine has yet to leave me side of the road, as it will always restart although very difficult at times. What has been so frustrating for me is the intermittent nature of the problem. On the way home from work the other day it stalled probably 25 times on a 8 mile trip. Next day I drive 20 miles without it missing a beat.
Back in April I drove it to Savannah GA. (about 90 miles from here) and it ran perfectly all the way down there. As misfortune would have it, it started cutting out when I hit the downtown area in heavy traffic.
NOT a fun trip. On the trip back it eventually got to running better, so when I get back home everything checks out good.
Lately the problem has become less and less intermittent so hopefully I'll be able to find the problem(s).