Stalls at temperature, only when coming to a stop.

[wywyatt]

The AOS was replaced easy, I'm just researching to see how to do that lower hose now without dropping the engine.

I put some gas in from a can today (fresh from the same gas station as normal), put the cap back on and went to start... nothing. The lights turn on and somethings clicking in the engine bay, but it won't crank.

EDIT: Jumped it and after just two minutes of charging, it started up just like normal. New battery time! And time to check for draining I think. Maybe this whole thing is a bad ground issue. Really weird because I have no battery light or codes related to the battery... ???

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by wywyatt

EDIT: Jumped it and after just two minutes of charging, it started up just like normal. New battery time! And time to check for draining I think. Maybe this whole thing is a bad ground issue. Really weird because I have no battery light or codes related to the battery... ???

The earlier 986 cars are notorious for the dash charging system warning light not alerting to a problem. We just had a 2001 S in the shop with the complaint that the courtesy light above the mirror came on by itself and would not go out. As we have seen this before we checked the charging system and the alternator was not putting out any power. Replace the voltage regulator and presto, the courtesy light went out, voltage output went to 14.6V. But the dash light never illuminated. And yes, we checked the dash light and it was fine. Just a quirk of these cars.........