Topic: Timing
in Forum: C3 Engines
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Hi Adam's, The last couple of times I have driven the car it would feel like the engine completely cut off, while driving, for only a second then start again. Both times I had been driving for 30 minutes or so. This happened once before and after going through the same thing, it would not crank at all. I had the car towed to a friends shop and they changed the ignition module. Since I put the new module in this time, it quit cutting out but doesn't feel as responsive.I'm going out of town on business for a week but when I get back, I believe I will find a Delco module and see if there is a difference.
I hope all of that made some kind of sense.

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Absolutely it does. You described perfectly a failing ignition module, so putting a new one in makes perfect sense. It's possible the module installed may not be correct, tho, so it's something to look into. It's also possible that the wiring for the pole-piece/pick-up has bad insulation, and it was moved enough during the module swap that it could be causing a problem, but usually you would have a mis-fire, or rough running engine if that was the problem. You might want to take a good look at the wiring for the pole-piece(the connector that plugs into the iggy module) next time you're in there....

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