Mysterious Car Shutting Off problem
OK see if you can follow me on this one. When I ride around in my teg and my gas tank gets to be under half a tank, my car shuts off whenever I brake quickly. Example I'm doing 35-40 on the street and a light turns red, so I brake quickly to stop, my car will shut off and my oil light and battery light will lite up. However this only happens when im sitting on half a tank or less of gas, when I fill her up, problem doesnt occur. Has this happened to anyone? or can anyone offer an explaination of this situation? i'm thinking its my fuel injectors?
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no clue whats causing your problem, but i remember when one of my battery connections was lose so every time i down shift or slam on the breaks, the car would shut off for a brief second and come back on...........maybe try checking that first?
That sucks man, I really have no idea, but maybe try checking your fuel pump. It may have come loose inside the tank and maybe cannot get enough fuel when the fuel shifts during braking (or the fuel resistance function cannot reach the fuel so the ECU thinks you are out of fuel). It's probably not it but it's worth a try if you got some time.
I'm kind of an idiot and am probably wrong but give it a shot.
I'm kind of an idiot and am probably wrong but give it a shot.
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