[Christopher]

I guess this problem is a little out of my reach to do on my own :/ with my lack of tools and workspace….. I guess the best bet for me to do is to take it back to the mechanic and tell him to put his Distributor on since that’s what he wanted to do in first place he wanted to rebuild the old one and put it back on. I bought the distributor myself since of course it would’ve been 70% cheaper than what he would’ve charged me for a rebuilt one. But would it be wise to ask them to conduct a fuel pressure test.

The only benefit to me going back for another distributor is that if he puts in the one he gets I’ll get a guarantee if the car shuts off again something I didn’t get previously because I bought my own dist.

what a drag wish I coulda done it myself

[Christopher]

Does a bad ignition coil contribute to a weak start……since my car just died while in park and i couldnt start it back up again. The engine sounded like wanted to start but couldnt

[Christopher]

Also I cant seem to find a Crankshaft position sensor part online im only getting a throttle position sensor??

[Christopher]

To verify the car would need to be on the on position for the reading to be done without it being ran. Or could I do both a cold test and hot test (after it has died?)

[Christopher]

OK so so far you guys have givin me

the EGR valve
The Crankshaft position sensor
The Fuel pump as a last resort
and the distributor ignition coil

I will have to consider replacing the top 2 parts to see if that remedies the issue……im going to test out the coil. How would I go about testing the coil after i let the car run for some time

[Christopher]

Would it be a good idea to get the scan tool and use it whenever the car dies to see what information i get?

[Christopher]

How would I be able to test the Coil?

I posted a picture on my other responses of my old Dist. and there appears to be no crack but would I be able to test this since its out from the vehicle?

I might go to Auto zone tomorrow and buy a scan tool and use it whenever the car dies on my to see what codes come up to see if that helps.

[Christopher]

How would I be able to test the Coil?

I posted a picture on my other responses of my old Dist. and there appears to be no crack but would I be able to test this since its out from the vehicle?

I might go to autozone tomorrow and buy a scan tool and use it whenever the car dies on my to see what codes come up to see if that helps

[Christopher]

This is old Distributor is there anyway that I could test the ignition coil now that it is out of the vehicle?

Since now the problem seems to be happening more frequently or it could just be a bad day type scenario that it hit me 4 times today.

What other issues could cause this?

Im hearing mostly things that point to distributor BUT if it is not that then where else could I look?

I might go to Autozone tomorrow to see if they could test the ignition coil from my old distributor if possible if not ill buy a multimeter and scan tool and use the scan tool whenever it dies out on me to see what it tells me

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[Christopher]

But wouldn’t a new distributor fix the issue since the ignition coil comes inside the distributor or am I mistaken and its a completely separate part?

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