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Posted by MarkB_MI on October 31, 2005 at 16:45:49 from (64.31.11.252):
In Reply to: 88 GMC 1500 posted by tlak on October 31, 2005 at 11:29:18:
Since your engine didn't start when you dumped gas down it, it must be ignition. Several years ago, my 88 with the 350 started quitting at random times. It's no fun going down I-75 (average speed 85 mph) and have your engine conk out on you. I took it to a mechanic and he hooked a 'scope up to it and let it run until it quit. Four hours later it quit and he nailed the culprit: the pickup coil in the distributor had a broken lead, caused by corrosion. It would randomly break contact, killing the engine. Cheap part, but I would have never found it on my own.
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