Made it to Myrtle Beach, barely...
Well, we planned a nice relaxing vacation at Myrtle Beach this year. Figured it would take us two easy days to drive the ~500 miles with DW and three kids in tow. Before the first night was over we ha...
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Maybe the trailer is overloaded, or the tires were old and rotted, or cheap Chinese junk? Or maybe you ran over alot of debris in the road? That's alot of tires to blow out in one short trip...
On the engine issue, could be a myriad of things.
On the spark side of things, could be an intermittently bad HEI coil or module on the distributor. Also the coil wire (high voltage side) could be corroded or a bad connection.
On the gas side of things, could be a plugged fuel filter, or a bad sensor in the emmissions system, possibly causing the engine management or injection system to shut down.
If you don't have an OBDII compatible code reader, go to the local auto parts store, buy one and hook it up to the diagnostic port that is usually under the dash and tell us what codes it reads. That will help get things pointed in the right direction at least.
On the engine issue, could be a myriad of things.
On the spark side of things, could be an intermittently bad HEI coil or module on the distributor. Also the coil wire (high voltage side) could be corroded or a bad connection.
On the gas side of things, could be a plugged fuel filter, or a bad sensor in the emmissions system, possibly causing the engine management or injection system to shut down.
If you don't have an OBDII compatible code reader, go to the local auto parts store, buy one and hook it up to the diagnostic port that is usually under the dash and tell us what codes it reads. That will help get things pointed in the right direction at least.
