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Old Nov 3, 2007 | 10:10 AM
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car shuts off while driving

I did a search on here and didnt come up with anything related to what is going on with my car. I can start it, and drive for about 3 or 4 minutes and the car will cut off. Then it takes me anywhere from 10-20 minutes to get it started again.
It isnt a charging problem, I kept my eye on that. I hear the fuel pump engaging so im getting the pressure. I made sure all spark plug wires are on good and everything is plugged into the distributor and coil. I recently replaced the coil with MSD's coil. The grounding problem i WAS having isnt a problem anymore. That was the first thing I checked.
When I do get the car started again, it smells REALLY rich. Ideas? I was thinking maybe the fuel filter?
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 09:15 AM
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Re: car shuts off while driving

nobody?
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 05:28 PM
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Re: car shuts off while driving

it could be flooding from cranking it so much. check your coil when a coil is bad some times it works and when it gets hot it stops
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 05:37 PM
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Re: car shuts off while driving

check the coil, the msd coils are not the highest quality (I know at least 10 people who have had defective ones, and I had 2 defective ones)
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Old Nov 4, 2007 | 06:05 PM
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Re: car shuts off while driving

if this coil is bad, then this would be my second MSD coil that is trash
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