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| Apr 8, 2019 05:41AM | kenatminimania | |
| Apr 5, 2019 11:42AM | CBKindernay |
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It 'sounds' like an electrical issue where the power is being cut to the ignition or the fuel system... This can be caused by a sensor sending (or not sending) an expected signal to the ECU, or perhaps a component that is about to fail and is acting intermittently....
The bottom line is that there are too many potential issues that can cause an engine to suddenly quit...
See if you can hear the fuel pump running when you first turn on the car without the engine running when the car is behaving - and check for the same sound the next time it quits - this will eliminate at least one item as the cause...
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So my wife bought a used 2010 Mini Sport roughly 5 months ago with 90k miles on it. Around a month in it started dying on her randomly while driving. Not frequently, perhaps once or twice a month while she was driving more than a mile or two. She said it would click and then completely die. Not a slow gurgle, just click, and no power. Dead. Any ways, we would normally wait about 10-30 minutes and it would start up again and we could go, but no sooner than that. I took it to a shop and it had no error codes or warning lights, and it ran perfectly. They said they couldn't figure it out so they gave it back to me. I would assume they just couldn't be bothered finding the real problem. So far I have tested the battery and it is good, but was low on charge. I also checked the ignition coils and they are all good. The only thing I haven't checked, mostly because I am not sure how, is the fuel pump. Any ideas or anyone have this problem that knows the solution?
