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Old 04-16-2010, 07:39 AM
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Unhappy Engine shut off while driving....

I was cursing at 95/km (45-50mph) when i noticed a loss of power.. Tried giving the car some gas, and nothing happened.

I took the car out of gear and the rpm's dropped to 0.. the engine was off.

When I tried to start it back up, the engine would turn over but not start. I coasted for approx 15sec, tried again and on the 2nd or 3rd start attempt it started back up and ran fine!

Looking for any idea's or help!
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Old 04-16-2010, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by NewmanGT
Looking for any idea's or help!
It's either fuel, spark or both.

What mods do you have and have you done recently?
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Old 04-16-2010, 03:53 PM
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throwing any codes? that could help point to a cause.
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Old 04-16-2010, 08:23 PM
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Sounds like a tune problem, it happened to me a 3 times within 2 months just out of nowhere all of a sudden she stalled just driving her normal. After I refined tune never happened again and it's been more then 1.5 years.
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Old 04-16-2010, 10:30 PM
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exact thing happened to me. i also have a c&l cai. i reseated the cai at the throttle body and retorqued the clamps, no problems since then.
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Old 04-17-2010, 12:08 PM
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Thanks for the reply's.

The dealer said it toss up like 10 codes, some of which didnt make sense.. I called Brenspeed (where I got my tune), they said they never heard of it happening before.

The dealer was stumped, and they are waiting to hear back from a ford engineer....

My only worry is if this thing stalls merging onto 70-80mph traffic....
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