Warm Engine Dies Suddenly

Oct 12, 2003 1 Replies

I have a 1992 Nissan Maxima SE. 120K miles. New battery. Spark Plugs replaced at 90K, Nissan OEM. Fuel filter replaced at 115K, Nissan OEM.



The car is giving the following problems:



  1. If I do not slow down on a bump, the car dies ? engine shuts down even though the engine is hot.
  2. I am driving on a street, engine is hot, engine suddenly dies, I do not stop the car, engine comes back within 5 seconds.
  3. I am driving on a street, engine is hot, engine suddenly dies. I started it again, then it dies a minute later. I tried to start it again, no cranking at all, key just turns in the ignition. But after a minute it started and kept running fine.

When the car dies, I do hear faint clicks from the area under the dash (near the left knee of driver). This is the area which has fuses and some relays. I have checked all the fuses, they are fine.



I have never replaced the spark plugs wire set. Could this be a "current not flowing" problem? Could this be a fuel line or EFI problem?



All comments / suggestions are welcome.



Thanks, Hawk.


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My guess would be a bad battery ground cable or engine-block ground connection that gets shaken loose when you go over a bump. The engine block ground connection is usually a piece of flat braided copper wire. Try wiggling all of those you can find when the engine is warm and idling. Watch out for the moving parts!!

-- Mike

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