Hello,
This is my first post here and I am hoping someone can provide some insight with a problem that I have been having. My fiancé has a 1999 Malibu with 115k miles. A little over a month ago she destroyed her engine (Who would have thought you needed to keep oil in it???). We replaced the motor with a used one with 65k miles.
We pick it up from the shop and the next day the car dies on her while doing to work. She pulls to the side of the road and it starts right back up. She described it as though the engine just shut off. Lights, radio and heat didn't cut off, just the engine. This happens a few more times throughout the week so we bring it back to the shop.
The shop cleans out the throttle body and tells us that we should be fine. Two days later it happens again. There does not seem to be any pattern either. It will happen when the car is cold, or when it’s up to temp. It happens on the highway, and when driving in town. Back to the shop we go.
The car stays at the shop for a week and half. Throughout this time they are driving it and letting it run to try to duplicate the issue, but nothing happens. I pick it up on Friday and cross my fingers.
I drive the car into work and back on Saturday (about 25 mi each way with a mix of highway and stop and go) and it seems to be fine. I drive it again on Sunday and it is fine on the way in, but on the way home it cuts off on me. There was no sputtering or hesitation, it just died.
I was getting onto the highway and doing about 35 mph and as I attempted to accelerate I notice I wasn't getting any power. I look down at the tach and it reads 0 RPM. Everything is still on, but the motor has cut off.
It was raining on Sunday when it happened so when I was almost home I ran through a massive pool of water thinking that if it was water causing the issue the car would cut off, but no luck. I have also tried hitting bumps to see if it is something jarring loose and wiggling the keys in the ignition with the car running to see if it is the switch but I have not been able to get this issue to happen on command.
The guys at the shop have been great. I feel bad that I they are investing all of this time on this issue and it won't show itself to them, but once we get the car back it happens within a day. My uneducated guess is that it’s not fuel related because there is no sputtering, but something electrical; perhaps a bad sensor. I just don’t know why this would present itself now and not before the engine swap. Oh, and I already check the battery terminals, they where free of any corrosion.
If anyone has any ideas on what could be causing this you input would be greatly appreciated.
This is my first post here and I am hoping someone can provide some insight with a problem that I have been having. My fiancé has a 1999 Malibu with 115k miles. A little over a month ago she destroyed her engine (Who would have thought you needed to keep oil in it???). We replaced the motor with a used one with 65k miles.
We pick it up from the shop and the next day the car dies on her while doing to work. She pulls to the side of the road and it starts right back up. She described it as though the engine just shut off. Lights, radio and heat didn't cut off, just the engine. This happens a few more times throughout the week so we bring it back to the shop.
The shop cleans out the throttle body and tells us that we should be fine. Two days later it happens again. There does not seem to be any pattern either. It will happen when the car is cold, or when it’s up to temp. It happens on the highway, and when driving in town. Back to the shop we go.
The car stays at the shop for a week and half. Throughout this time they are driving it and letting it run to try to duplicate the issue, but nothing happens. I pick it up on Friday and cross my fingers.
I drive the car into work and back on Saturday (about 25 mi each way with a mix of highway and stop and go) and it seems to be fine. I drive it again on Sunday and it is fine on the way in, but on the way home it cuts off on me. There was no sputtering or hesitation, it just died.
I was getting onto the highway and doing about 35 mph and as I attempted to accelerate I notice I wasn't getting any power. I look down at the tach and it reads 0 RPM. Everything is still on, but the motor has cut off.
It was raining on Sunday when it happened so when I was almost home I ran through a massive pool of water thinking that if it was water causing the issue the car would cut off, but no luck. I have also tried hitting bumps to see if it is something jarring loose and wiggling the keys in the ignition with the car running to see if it is the switch but I have not been able to get this issue to happen on command.
The guys at the shop have been great. I feel bad that I they are investing all of this time on this issue and it won't show itself to them, but once we get the car back it happens within a day. My uneducated guess is that it’s not fuel related because there is no sputtering, but something electrical; perhaps a bad sensor. I just don’t know why this would present itself now and not before the engine swap. Oh, and I already check the battery terminals, they where free of any corrosion.
If anyone has any ideas on what could be causing this you input would be greatly appreciated.