Athenos
New LVC Member
Hey Guys,
I want to begin by saying, this is the best board around. I have visited this board many times and have usually been able to figure out what is going wrong just by searching the boards. Unfortunately, I can't figure this one out.
My 2000 LS, 3.9 V8 on occasion will start, then die. Example, I got in my car yesterday and started it up, It died instantly, started it again, died again. I started it a third time and held my foot on the gas, it would go right up to the rev limiter, and I could hold it at about any RPM I wanted and everything was fine. As soon as I would let off the gas, the car would die again.
I did get it across the parking lot, but even while rolling, the car would die if I let off the gas pedal.
I let it sit for a few min, started it, held it at about 1500RPM, turned everything off, took my foot off the gas, and it Idled fine. Drove it home no problem. THis morning, I drove to my office, and everything seemed fine except, my headlights came on while sitting at a stoplight and the car wanted to die again. I am thinking this is an alternator issue but want some advise before I dig that SOB out. Any thoughts???
THanks again to all of you who contribute, what a great resource this is!!!
I want to begin by saying, this is the best board around. I have visited this board many times and have usually been able to figure out what is going wrong just by searching the boards. Unfortunately, I can't figure this one out.
My 2000 LS, 3.9 V8 on occasion will start, then die. Example, I got in my car yesterday and started it up, It died instantly, started it again, died again. I started it a third time and held my foot on the gas, it would go right up to the rev limiter, and I could hold it at about any RPM I wanted and everything was fine. As soon as I would let off the gas, the car would die again.
I did get it across the parking lot, but even while rolling, the car would die if I let off the gas pedal.
I let it sit for a few min, started it, held it at about 1500RPM, turned everything off, took my foot off the gas, and it Idled fine. Drove it home no problem. THis morning, I drove to my office, and everything seemed fine except, my headlights came on while sitting at a stoplight and the car wanted to die again. I am thinking this is an alternator issue but want some advise before I dig that SOB out. Any thoughts???
THanks again to all of you who contribute, what a great resource this is!!!
