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

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

^^I also think this is a distributer or coil problem. Just a guess, but maybe the car warms up and the water in the distributer or coil melts enough to cause it to short, but then dries up. This can be caused by a broken distributer or coil. I would check coil first. You might also think about replacing the spark plug wires and the distibuter wire, they should come as a pack. I would really hate to tell you it's a short in the ignition switch because that's really hard to deal with. That happend in my mom's CR-V, and it took me a good long time to rewire that crap. Good luck.

[JesterDC]

^^I also think this is a distributer or coil problem. Just a guess, but maybe the car warms up and the water in the distributer or coil melts enough to cause it to short, but then dries up. This can be caused by a broken distributer or coil. I would check coil first. You might also think about replacing the spark plug wires and the distibuter wire, they should come as a pack. I would really hate to tell you it's a short in the ignition switch because that's really hard to deal with. That happend in my mom's CR-V, and it took me a good long time to rewire that crap. Good luck.

With me I didn't even need a new wire, it was the one going to the distributor, and evey time the car turned, shifted, or shook, it would try to die on me because the wire would loose contact for a split second, and then it would be ok...it was sooo weird...