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Trident

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Hi all,

just last week my car decided to breakdown heading home after work, stopped at intersection car was running fine the next second the car started to shudde, lose revs and kick up the powertrain light followed by battery light then the car died. Tow truck required it would start but sounded very sick and it wouldn't hold it's revs. My garage had a look the next day in the afternoon and it started fine and seemed to be fine and no errors on computer any ideas to where i should start looking. It still shakes and drops revs then the car is warm but comes right after 10-15secs but i don't trust it. Help.
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coilpack, bad spark plug or lead
 

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id start with spark plugs. then go to fuel filter as it sounds like a fuel pressure or an ignition source for the fuel system after that leads then after that coil packs after that fuel pump that should theoretically rule those out but theres alot of things it could be but for now id start with these
 
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This was a fairly common topic in 2009. See my post from 2009. Could be any number of things (check out some of the suggestions from back then).... I never got to the bottom of my problems
 

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Hi all,

just last week my car decided to breakdown heading home after work, stopped at intersection car was running fine the next second the car started to shudde, lose revs and kick up the powertrain light followed by battery light then the car died. Tow truck required it would start but sounded very sick and it wouldn't hold it's revs. My garage had a look the next day in the afternoon and it started fine and seemed to be fine and no errors on computer any ideas to where i should start looking. It still shakes and drops revs then the car is warm but comes right after 10-15secs but i don't trust it. Help.
Cheers
Hi,sounds like the same sort of problem my VR SS had,what it would do is stop but then a the next day start and run fine for a day then same thing again,turned out to be the dizzy,replaced the electronics in the dizzy and its runnning perfect ,i know what you mean not trusting it as you don't want to be stuck in traffic,anyway goodluck
 

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Hi all thanks VERY much for your suggestions and options I will certainly follow up and get it looked at, all you guys have been a great help.Cheers
 
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