Engine Just died! |
|
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.
This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way. Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
|
Engine Just died! |
Ian Stott |
Aug 6 2011, 01:32 PM
Post
#1
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 907 Joined: 28-January 08 From: Moncton/Canada Member No.: 8,635 Region Association: Canada |
I have a 73 2.0 (original fuel injection no mods other than newer stereo and fatter tires) and was heading out to a Car Show/BBQ with my main squeeze and the engine was just humming along beautifully at around 3400/3600 RPM and it just died, no warning, tach went to zero and there I was, stranded on the side of the highway. Up til now the car ran beautiful, I went on a couple of long trips last summer trouble free which built up my confidence in the reliability of my car, any ideas about what happened much appreciated. The teener is at a friends farm about 45 minutes from where I live, I was doing the tow rope method with my daughter driving her mothers car and me in the teener and it was pretty nerve racking as she had difficulty maintaining a steady pace and I was getting worried about all the tow rope jerks damaging the car so I didn't tow it all the way home. Could it be the points??
Ian Stott Moncton Canada |
Ian Stott |
Aug 8 2011, 06:23 PM
Post
#2
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 907 Joined: 28-January 08 From: Moncton/Canada Member No.: 8,635 Region Association: Canada |
Went out to where the teener was with my mechanic and had a new ignitor module with me, pulled the distributor and sure enough the points were not working at all as the porcelan piece was broken. My mechanic said it was the first time he had ever seen that and he has been dealing with points for a long time, he installed the new module and she started right up and actually idled smoother than ever before, and really smooth acceleration, sadly I did not make it all the way home, the last 500 metres we towed it. I went from real happy to quite discouraged in a very short time frame. Any suggestions to what could have happened will be much appreciated.
Ian Stott Moncton Canada |
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 3rd June 2024 - 03:14 AM |
All rights reserved 914World.com © since 2002 |
914World.com is the fastest growing online 914 community! We have it all, classifieds, events, forums, vendors, parts, autocross, racing, technical articles, events calendar, newsletter, restoration, gallery, archives, history and more for your Porsche 914 ... |