92 ssei dies when hot

Jun 05, 2005 2 Replies

Help, got a 92 ssei and it dies when it heats up. Will turn over but has no spark. After cooling down will strart right up. Also stumbling quit bad during acceration. Car will get about 3 miles and dies.................Any suggertions? Ign Modual? John


It's your crank sensor. Permanent magnets all get weaker as they heat up. The failure mode for crank sensors is that eventually they weaken, and they become too weak when hot to actually work.

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