Random stalling on my old 95 850 -- SOLVED!

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I'd been getting random stalling. Driving along and BOOM! Dead engine,
coast to a stop on the shoulder, wait 10-15 minutes, restart and go on.

Well, things just weren't going well. I'd spent over $1000Cdn on
various items and absolutely no joy. Finally, I got fed up with
spending another $1000 and no guarantee.

Sold the car for about $1300 to one of the local butcher boys (works in
a butcher shop).

Last week, I dropped in and he came bouncing over.

"I got it!"

Turns out that he'd been talking with a local mechanic and the
suggestion was that the gascap be backed off a bit after putting it on.

Pressure builds upin tank and sensors burp.

New gascap solved the problem.
 
byrocat said:
New gascap solved the problem.

On modern vehicles I consider gas caps a maintenance item and replace
them routinely at the 5-6 year old mark. Cheap to do and prevents this
kind of weird problem.

John
 
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