Stalling / Rough Idle / Hesitation / Stumble, Updated: CEL Code 31 Options

[d3monc3lica]

OK, so about a week or so ago i posted a topic about how my car wouldnt start, and i figured out it was to do with my ground wires. Now, something odd is happening.

1. If i start my car, it warms up fine but eventually will just die, stall right out.

2. If i start my car and drive, it will drive a ways (random), then act as if i pulled a terminal off of my battery, it will just have no power AT all as if it is going to stall out, but since i am in gear and still driving it doesnt completely shut off, this will happen over and over again for about....10-15 seconds at a time and then stop. Normally happens once per trip, but its random sometimes..... Any ideas as to what could cause this, i just regrounded 2 grounds on the side near my battery (one big, one small), but i still have no clue what could make my car loose power like that, and only for an instant. I have a SAFC 2 and i dont see any dips in voltage......

This post has been edited by d3monc3lica: Feb 4, 2007 - 1:48 PM

[Vissi]

Hmm, lets cover the basics first, use a volt meter on ur battery to check ur voltage, then start it, if ur charing system is working right it should be around 2volts above what it was before(so around 14v).

just an idea, but have you tried another battery, my car used to work fine, and then it would randomly lose all its charge, and it was just a bad cell in the battery.

that CED sounds like a good source of figuring out whats wrong
-dave