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Old 04-16-02, 06:58 PM
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Question I went on a 1 hour trip

I went on a 1 hour trip and then turned it off for about 5 min came back it started drove about 2 min and it lost power it was like it was running out of gas and then it died it would restart but would die instantly I let it cool off for about 20 min and it was fine on the way back home for about 30 min and then doing 60 mph it lost power I pulled over and put the hood up waited 10 min and it was fine for the rest of the 30 min home it had a full tank and the temp gage was never above 1/4 of the way it had plenty of collent and a new eng in it about 10,000 m on it the rest of the car has 94,000 on it does any one have a idea It is a 88se thanks chris
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How does your voltmeter read/
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Hate to say it, but that's just a drive not a trip.

Besides the voltage you might check the fuel filter.
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I am thinking his battery might have a bad ground, alternator **** to bed or bad fuel filter. I had that problem when i had a bad fuel filter. Make sure you use OEM. Fram can give problesm like this
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I will check the ground and I put a fuel filter in 4 mo ago thank you for your help your friend chris
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