i cant explain it, i was giving my cousin a ride to show him the new 2.7 pulley, and we spun it up to 7k shifted to 3rd and it was fine A/F ratio was a steady 11:1 then we got off the expressway and i goosed it 1 more time to 5k and all of a sudden the motor bucked and the engine died! but long story short, i tried to start it a few times and it just chugged and died. none of the guages would move the all stayed at zero. i opened the hood to look for oil and i looked under the car, nothing... so i got back in and tried 1 more time and she fired right up but theres a CEL, i havent checked it yet, but the car is running great again. did i just hit like a massive cat overtemp? the coolant is a steady 181-184. didnt loose any fluids and now the car runs fine anyone have any kinda clue what could have happened?

 

CPS Maybe?

 

Damn dude that sucks never herd of that before so it actually running still now ?

 

Did the DIC say anything at all? Like engine power reduced?

 

The CPS would cause a problem similar to the one you described. There is a TSB out for it. The CPS is the electronic version of the distributor, it tells the car when to fire your spark plugs.

The CPS commonly goes bad, causing the car to freak out and shut off like that. Bring it to your dealer to verify it, and they will replace it for free.

 

So why dont they recall are cars to fix the problem instead of waiting cause when the cars cuts off like that everything stops working wont that be a saftey issue? SAFTEY RECALL

 

overheated, Happens to me everytime I tune and I dont let it cool down, After a bunch of WOT runs the car the stutter and dies, I give it about2 minutes, and shes good to go.

 

Scary... I've had mine backfire mine WOT run. Backfired at like 5800 rpm during a race. SCARY!

 

I've had mine die when i was driving normally. I pulled over to the side of the road, tried to start it, nothing, tried again, nothing. turned the key all the way forward, but didnt start it, cleared the trouble codes with my Interceptor gauge, nothing, did the same thing and cleared them, started and ran like it was brand new. havent had any problems since. and i was completely stock.

 

mine did that same exact thing monday evening. i took it by the dealer and they told me nothing was wrong, and they didn't know what happend. the car runs fine now, so i guess it wasn't anything to worry about.

 

My car did it last summer and I went to the dealership an my cat was starting to go.They replace it nothing since.An the inside of my tip started to turn brown and it smelled like eggs.

 

it may be a COT kicking in........but that shouldest be able to cause the car to shut off Don...

let me know what code it throws and i'll fix it for ya.

 

Mine has done that a couple of times....I have no clue why! It is scarey....pretty loud too...first time it happened I was like OH CRAP. but I get no knock and my a/f's were good during all my backfireing at wot experiences....so I have no clue why it does that

 

SECONDED!!!

it scared the crap outta me... then i get all paranoid n think theres a million problems with my car

 

did the car smell like raw fuel when it shut down? or when it was just sitting there?
if it is, it's the cat over temp.

it dumps raw fuel when it happens.

 

CEL went off on its own on the way to advance auto for me to get the code.

 

It will still be stored in the history. It should still show up when the PCM is read, it just won't have an "SES" code next to it, instead it will say "mature" I believe.

 

let me know what code it is tonight on woodward.

 

Small correction, its a CKP sensor (crankshaft position) thats known to go bad, I think thats what you mean by a CPS. Its used to measure engine revolutions. CAMOUT (cam revolution) is used to tell the PCM when to fire the coil for ignition purposes.

 

Yeah, i'm interested in what the code is as well. Let us know soon and maybe we can help you with it

 

even the cheapy code readers from advance auto will read it? i dont have the 06 update for my snap-on scanner.

 

Mine has just up and died too, once.

I was turning left through a lights onto a divided road. I was driving normal and after i made the turn the car died. I quickly turned the key to off and turned into a parking lot, coasting. Waited a minute or two and it started up just perfect. I have no idea what happened, but it has been running perfect since.

 

I thought CPS was the abrreiviation for crankshaft position sensor, lol, i guess i'm wrong then, sorry

 

sounds like the crank position sensor too me, it happened to me before

 

The same exact thing happened to mine. went to like 7k, got off it.. then to like 6k-ish, then it backfired a little and died...Took like 15 minutes to get running again. Two days later I was overboosting and found out my cat was clogged. The crank position sensor code was the only code it threw.

Sorry I mean CKS