I posted this about a month ago and didn't get a lot of responses so I thought I'd try again. In the first post, some commented my problem could be a crank sensor. I am open to that possibility but I don't want to keep hanging parts on this car. And the issue I have with it possibly being a crank sensor is that somebody will have to adequately explain to me why it only acts up when the car is precisely at the "warmed up" point. Any time before that or after that the car runs great. Thanks . . .
I've had this car for year and a half. Has 120,000 miles on it. Back in November it started stalling once in a while. The check came on. Took it in. Tech said it needed a[ sensor replaced. Did it.
Weeks later, it started stalling again. This time, tech said fuel wasn't getting proper voltage. Replaced. Weeks later, it started stalling again.
So, instead of continuing to throw money at the car, I decided to drive it until it would stall and not start again. That was 4 months ago. And the car continues to stall but always starts again. But, it seems to be getting worse.
Here's what happens: The car almost always stalls about ten minutes after starting the car cold. It shuts off like no is going to engine. Within a snap of the fingers, it's off. No hesitating. Nothing. But always about 10 minutes after starting it cold. But, if I go somewhere, let the car sit for like 2 hours, come back out, start it and drive--and it's never had a chance to cool down the whole way--it runs with no problems.
When it stalls, it usually starts right back up. Recently though, it's getting harder to re-start. Maybe like 10 seconds of cranking before starting.
No check. No codes. Still has great power when it's running. It gets the mpg it should.
I'm wondering if there could be some problem with the computer going from closed loop to open loop. Is that possible? Like it gets confused, so it shuts everything down. And then starting it back up clears everything out and then it runs fine. Any ideas out there?
