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Depends on if your vehicle is carbureted or has EFI. If it's a carbureted engine, then the carburetor's choke valve may need tuning. If it's EFI, then the voltage regulator could have shorted and that would cause a certain spark plug to short out so when that spark plug would attempt to fire, the ignition order would blow out of sequence and cause a stall in the car. If your car is EFI, then remove your suppression cables and check the spark plugs. If you have a bad spark plug, replace the spark plug and if the problem persists or if the same spark plug goes bad shortly after, then have a mechanic look at your voltage regulator, ignition coil, starter solenoid, starter relay, and ignition module.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agothere are big things that could go wrong to cause those symtoms, but i would give it a basic tune up, distributor cap, spark plugs, wires if they look bad. stuff like that. spark plugs can make your engine stall if they arent good. so do the cheaper stuff and if thats not the problem then its something bigger. clogged catylitic converter can do that too.
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