help! my car just randomly dies on me

speedyrb29 · Post by **speedyrb29** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:26 pm

ok so when im driving my car just dies on me. Like if im cruising in 3rd and pop it into neutral approching a redlight all of a sudden my oil light gose on and i have no power steering or throttle the whole engine just dies and dose it really quietly. any idea why?

as for some back ground its a 02 neon se. i just finished swapping in a 2.94 tranny. sts. im using an r/t ecu. and the only problems be sides this is i dont have my speedometer hooked up or my back up lights.

so if any 1 has any ideas about whats going on it would be great because im afried to drive this when it just dies when im driving.

Ifixyawata · Post by **Ifixyawata** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:28 pm

My car had a thing for a while where it wouldn't idle for poop, warm or cold, but the problem was intermittent. A few tanks of FI cleaner and a 1/3 of an aerosol can of TB cleaner seemed to fix it.

speedyrb29 · Post by **speedyrb29** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:39 pm

i hopes it just somthing like that. the gas i had in there was sitting for over a month but i did put about 10 bucks in a day ago. maybe some sort of cleaner would help. i was kinda thinking oh no! my rear main seal wasnt installed right beacuse of the oil light. but i thought i would see oil dripping if that was the case.

Ifixyawata · Post by **Ifixyawata** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:44 pm

If the rear main was leaking, you'd definitely notice it. Just try a strict regiment of cleaners, it should help. That's the cheapest solution anyway.

PS - The gas should be fine if it's only a month. If it was six months I'd say maybe that could be a problem, but nah.

speedyrb29 · Post by **speedyrb29** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 7:48 pm

ok ill try out some cleaners. another thing that crossed my mind was the r/t ecu in my se

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:11 pm

cleaners wont help, its got to be something electrical....

speedyrb29 · Post by **speedyrb29** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:28 pm

o great more electrical problems

brr how much is it for a mtx engine harness

speedyrb29 · Post by **speedyrb29** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:50 pm

hmmm would installing my MS possibly fix this?

Ifixyawata · Post by **Ifixyawata** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:17 pm

BlackRoseRacing wrote:cleaners wont help, its got to be something electrical....

I just said that's what worked for me and that it probably couldn't hurt anything. Not saying it would fix it.

ewetho · Post by **ewetho** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:35 am

If you can get your hands on a scan tool you need to watch reference voltages and the major sensors such as TPS & MAP. See if something is momentarily cutting out.

oklamopar · Post by **oklamopar** » Wed Nov 15, 2006 12:50 am

if you did a tranny swap . check the cam sensor connector or possably crank sensor. just a thought.