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87 cad cimarron w/o warning eng shuts off and w/not restrt f
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87 cad cimarron During operation eng. shuts dwn. w/o warning.Could be going 70mph or 7mph.Eng w/not restrt for 2-20min.Upon restrt vehicle runs fine for 200yds-2mi.May run up to 5mi.first strt of the day.Last time it shut dwn I check for spark and found none.What is malfunctioning?

Edited by Customer (name blocked for privacy) on December 5 2007 at 10:55 PM

 

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1987 Cadillac cimarron 2.8L

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Status:  Closed   Value: $15
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December 5 11:48 PM (6 hours and 47 minutes and 55 seconds later)
         
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December 6 9:19 AM (9 hours and 30 minutes and 20 seconds later)
         
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I have only seen 2 parts fail like this and then "fix" themselves. A crank sensor or an ignition module. I would do the crank sensor first since they are cheaper and easier, there really isn't a good test for either one other than swapping them.

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December 11 5:31 PM (5 days and 8 hours later)
         
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