Engine stall on highway - couldn't restart.
Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:51 pm
Driving home early ...about 2am, the vans tranny slipped then bam an explosion under the van!! I thought something in the trans blew because i have tranny issues after the last rebuild....the truck has zero power the AWD light popped on then the vans engine cut out and died. After getting towed home in minus 20 deg.. the Computer says it was a general misfire not listing the cyl, and had some other codes i will fill in "This spot" later.
Truck wont start and sounds like its very sick. Doesn't even hesitate but i smell fuel.
Pulled the dog house, replaced the rotor and cap (its become routine)...didn't fix it. In the dark, I can see arcing from two wires to the body. I would think the engine would still start with only two arcs. Crappy part is every year it seems since 2001 i've have to replace the ignition stuff in the astro.
I figured to fix the problem last winter id installed a MSD 6a ignition box mounted in the cab (Part#6420), MSD blaster coil (Part#8207), MSD wires (Part#32169), and NGK iridium plugs (Part#TR55IX).
FML
Truck wont start and sounds like its very sick. Doesn't even hesitate but i smell fuel.
Pulled the dog house, replaced the rotor and cap (its become routine)...didn't fix it. In the dark, I can see arcing from two wires to the body. I would think the engine would still start with only two arcs. Crappy part is every year it seems since 2001 i've have to replace the ignition stuff in the astro.
I figured to fix the problem last winter id installed a MSD 6a ignition box mounted in the cab (Part#6420), MSD blaster coil (Part#8207), MSD wires (Part#32169), and NGK iridium plugs (Part#TR55IX).
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