Hello,
My buddy's wife has a Mazda 626 (I think it's a 91 or 92) that unfortunately has a very strange problem. They were driving it home the other night and the engine just cut off. When they try to start it now, it will stay on for
2 or so seconds, and then cut off. Sometimes he can give it some throttle and it will stay on for longer. It doesn't *try* to stay on, it just cuts off immediately. He's replaced a few things on it, including distributor cap, some vacuums, but I don't have a list of what all he's done unfortunately. A local shop didn't even know what to do with it after diagnostics. He can get code signals from the ECM (says it's regarding throttle - but he says it might be because he pulled a sensor earlier and it hasn't reset), so we know the computer works somewhat, but I'm not sure if the ECMs can have 90% functionalitiy working and 10% broken to them.. not sure how they work. Anyway, he's a mechanic for Ryder, so he knows a fair bit, but the Mazda line of cars is a bit foreign to him (he's a Jeep/domestic kind of guy). Any ideas on what might be cutting off the engine would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!Dustin Travis