alaskajosh
02-04-2011, 06:37 PM
Suggestions?
This is a RD Mercruiser with the GM HEI distributor and all..
I don't know what clues might mean something but here's everything:
--Shortly before even leaving I had two instances where I was driving along the at hwy speeds and the engine just missed a beat.. just a brief hiccup, then right back to normal.
--Down here the first time I drove on a bad bumpy road I felt the engine was bobbling, missing, but is seemed to go away(I'm not so sure that's related to these other cases).
--Later that same day I reversed to look at some birds and the engine quit and wouldn't restart for several minutes... then ran normally.
--Shortly after that I had two cases, on blacktop and hwy speeds, where the engine cut out for a few seconds. It started back up on it's own with me doing nothing. **Interesting to note that the tach dropped off to nothing during these spells even though the key was on, the trans in gear, and the car moving along a 55mph.**
--Today, in stop and go traffic, it died and wouldn't start back up for several minutes. I would try and it would almost fire.. but then I'd try again and RrRrRrRrR... nothing, no fire. Finally it started and ran normally.
It's not been very hot so I don't really suspect vapor lock. I almost wonder about the ignition module thing in the distributor?? I've heard that those can give fits but didn't know if they'd behave intermittently like that. It seems to be happening more frequently and worse so I'd better figure it out.
Thank you for your time and consideration!
Josh
This is a RD Mercruiser with the GM HEI distributor and all..
I don't know what clues might mean something but here's everything:
--Shortly before even leaving I had two instances where I was driving along the at hwy speeds and the engine just missed a beat.. just a brief hiccup, then right back to normal.
--Down here the first time I drove on a bad bumpy road I felt the engine was bobbling, missing, but is seemed to go away(I'm not so sure that's related to these other cases).
--Later that same day I reversed to look at some birds and the engine quit and wouldn't restart for several minutes... then ran normally.
--Shortly after that I had two cases, on blacktop and hwy speeds, where the engine cut out for a few seconds. It started back up on it's own with me doing nothing. **Interesting to note that the tach dropped off to nothing during these spells even though the key was on, the trans in gear, and the car moving along a 55mph.**
--Today, in stop and go traffic, it died and wouldn't start back up for several minutes. I would try and it would almost fire.. but then I'd try again and RrRrRrRrR... nothing, no fire. Finally it started and ran normally.
It's not been very hot so I don't really suspect vapor lock. I almost wonder about the ignition module thing in the distributor?? I've heard that those can give fits but didn't know if they'd behave intermittently like that. It seems to be happening more frequently and worse so I'd better figure it out.
Thank you for your time and consideration!
Josh