Hi guys I'm baff'd on my car. Story goes running fine, I go for a little drive as I over take a car it dies. Jus stop running with no signs as to why eg. No bangs smoke or anything jus cuts out.
I pull into a layby leave I t for a bit and arrange recovery, fortunately I had a spare fuel ecu with me swapped it over and it started. Jus as I lift my foot of the clutch it died and won't start since.
I've changed the fuel ecu and got a brand new pink relay.
It has no imobaliser on it
And it didn't sound like it was running strange eg on three.
I don't understand why it jus died its had a full hard core service the only thing still original is fuel pump and ignition coil. Everything else is new.

Help please guys

 

A multitude of reasons but metering head always seems to be the cause of running issues on these.

 

Yep, EFI is a much more reliable option going forward...

 

I mean to be honest it's a bit like saying how long a piece of string is as to what could be the cause,although whatever it is it's gonna be fine to repair,you know the engines ok etc as it still runs on idle.
Are there any tuners in your area?could save you in the long term,aren't harvey Gibbs in Peterborough way?thats not TOO far from you.

 

check all boost hoses and breathers including oil cap. A big air leak will stop it dead.

 

Good advice, also you need to determine if you have a spark or not.

 

Right iv done all the above and glad to say she's working like a dream. Cant really tell you the fault but it works. Thanks for the input guys

 

Could you hear the fuel pump priming?

If pump is good would look at metering unit

 

big air leak. its no coincidance that you were overtaking therefore at full boost when it lost power and wouldnt start. id guess it was a boost hose that may popped of. same happened to me after 30 mins of swearing under the bonnet i spotted the top hose resting aginst the ic.