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It took the battery with it. Our cars require a lot of power for all the goodies... I still don't agree. There is a better chance of this being a battery cable corroded or loose.
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yes i do agree.. i guess i should have said..
in the worse case scenerio if its not something simple, like corroded battery cables or old battery.. than you should look into your alternator.
in the worse case scenerio if its not something simple, like corroded battery cables or old battery.. than you should look into your alternator.
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I disagree. Check the alternator if you like, but I've never seen an alternator on a Bonneville in 3 years fail in this manner. It'* either a battery connection problem or a corrosion problem.
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Check the cables... I have had simmilar issues with Both my 91 LE and 95 SE
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Also, (and I have had this happen on an H Body), check the bolt in the center of the MaxiFuse Relay Center. That'* where the main power into the car goes, and this bolt can corrode or loosen, causing intermittent outages as described.
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Originally Posted by willwren
I disagree. Check the alternator if you like, but I've never seen an alternator on a Bonneville in 3 years fail in this manner. It'* either a battery connection problem or a corrosion problem.
I've been through the battery cable thing, and if the car would be shutting down due to that, he'd loose all power to it.....Or the car would barely crank, if at all, simulating a dead battery.
I'm gonna go with a fuel delivery problem with out load.....Like maybe a fuel pump cutting out, or dropping pressure, loosing power, etc. Seeing how sometimes it'* real hard to start after it has stalled, but yet still has all his bells and whistles.
My $.02......Let the criticism begin LOL
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Originally Posted by 94BonnieSE
The battery doesnt have to be fully depleaded for the car to come to a shutdown. It just has to be very close to nothing (8 volts or less). When the car shutsdown there is still a bit of power in the battery once it is cranked the battery goes and takes power from the alternator, just enough to crank the engine.. as his rpms shootup his alternator starts to kick in and feed the battery.
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OK, I re-read the original post (I should know better than to just go by the last few replies).
Check that the bolts holding the throttle body are tight, and that the Fuel Pressure Regulator is good. My car used to stall like you described in your post. While I was replacing the FPR, I found that the throttle body bolts were loose. Fixed 'em both at the same time, and she'* never stalled since.
Check that the bolts holding the throttle body are tight, and that the Fuel Pressure Regulator is good. My car used to stall like you described in your post. While I was replacing the FPR, I found that the throttle body bolts were loose. Fixed 'em both at the same time, and she'* never stalled since.
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I took the car to a different shop and they said the fuel pressure regulator was bad. It has not shut off since it has been replaced. Thanks for all the replys this site rocks.
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