QuestionQUESTION: What would cause my car to die out? It dies out, then we pull over and it restarts....
ANSWER: IS or HAS the CHECK ENGINE light ever illuminated on the dash while driving the vehicle ?.
If not, Your problem is most likely a carbon buildup within the throttle plate area that needs to be cleaned out.
Have you had any work performed on the car recently ?.
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QUESTION: Yes, we changed the altenator. Were we supposed to reset anything? Also, how can I tell if the car is overheating?We do not have an instruction (owner)manual..
AnswerYou still should clean the throttle plate area and if you disconnected the battery when you replaced the alternator, You must perform a THROTTLE POSITION/IDLE LEARN PROCEDURE to reset the computer to re-learn how to make the idle speed correct.
If you are mechanicaly inclined or know of someone who is, You will need simple electrical schematics, Test procedures and picture locations of the components within the system that is causing you problems of which can't be done on this website which only allows one picture. I do not have a website so you will have to e-mail: onlineautohelp@msn.com in order to obtain the information.
