Randomly stopping (engine dies), gettin' mad Options

[kavo]

Well its been a long time since ive been on these forums (since I was a young dumb teenager looking to do sick mods )

anyway so my 6gc has been cutting out randomly with no warning. I will be driving along then the engine light comes on simultaneously as the engine cuts (all the other lights come on too) and I have to very quickly clutch to maintain as much momentum as possible and pull off the road. This has happened numerous places, on the way to gym, peak hour traffic and not even at the end of my driveway. THen I cannot start the car.

Sometimes I have just left it and came back several hours later and it starts fine, other times wriggle wires and itll run for 30 sec then wont for a few hours. Very frustrating as it has been a couple of weeks since it happened last, and when the car is running me and my dad (motor mech and diesel fitter by trade) cannot diagnose the problem.


Today when i was wriggling wires I pulled this plug, which has now disintegrated except for the actual connection. I will try and start it later but is this plug needed for the car to actually run?



anybody had similar problems with their car stopping like this? or knows what it is?

[kavo]

When I try and start it the starter just keeps ticking and nothing happens. But when it does start and run (even if only for a minute or two) it runs fine.

Chances are it'll start when I go back down to the car in a few minutes.

Ive never really ben in a spot, or with anyone, to push start it.

And it's never stopped when I've been at my parents place

My old 91 gt did that it ended up being the igniter module on the fire wall
but mine would die an then i could restart in a couple minutes
Untill the last time it just never started again

Did the igniter pack it in? I was talking to dad on the phone this morning and he thinks that could be the problem

This post has been edited by kavo: Apr 25, 2012 - 9:33 PM