Fishrising
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- '00 XLS
All, I need some please!?!?!?! I will keep this as short as possible.
I have a 2000 XLS OHV "X", with 29,600 miles. After leaving the x outside, all night, in thunderstorms (this happened 2x so far), I will get up and drive about 2 miles and the engine sputters and then stalls. The check engine light then comes on. The headlights never go out, the stereo doesn't go off, no indication that the engine stalled (except for the fact that you lose all engine power, and the tach goes to zero), then 10 seconds later all the different lights in the dash come on. When I try to start it again, the engine turns over, but doesn't start. The battery seems fine and is not wet. All guages appear perfectly normal (except the check engine light). About 5 minutes later and several attempts to start it, the engine eventually starts for about 30 seconds to a minute then sputters and stalls again. If I give it gas, it immediately stalls. Then after going through this for about 10 more minutes the engine starts, and everything seems back to normal (except that the check engine light is on). Now, after driving 20 minutes, it does it again!!! But I am able to get it started after only 2 minutes of trying. It did this 5x on the way to work, each time she started back up quicker and quicker. It got to the point where it stalled, I coasted in neutral and started it right back up, put back in drive and continued driving. The first time this happend, about 5 or 6 weeks ago, the engine stalled, I pulled over and after twenty minutes of trying to start her, it started and stayed running. I haven't seen the problem since (until now). I drove yesterday, in the rain with some downpours over 200 miles without a problem (NJ to CT).
Do you guys have any ideas? Could I be getting water in my fuel tank somehow? I haven't called the dealer yet, it is too early in the day...any ideas?????
Thanks in advance! Ben
I have a 2000 XLS OHV "X", with 29,600 miles. After leaving the x outside, all night, in thunderstorms (this happened 2x so far), I will get up and drive about 2 miles and the engine sputters and then stalls. The check engine light then comes on. The headlights never go out, the stereo doesn't go off, no indication that the engine stalled (except for the fact that you lose all engine power, and the tach goes to zero), then 10 seconds later all the different lights in the dash come on. When I try to start it again, the engine turns over, but doesn't start. The battery seems fine and is not wet. All guages appear perfectly normal (except the check engine light). About 5 minutes later and several attempts to start it, the engine eventually starts for about 30 seconds to a minute then sputters and stalls again. If I give it gas, it immediately stalls. Then after going through this for about 10 more minutes the engine starts, and everything seems back to normal (except that the check engine light is on). Now, after driving 20 minutes, it does it again!!! But I am able to get it started after only 2 minutes of trying. It did this 5x on the way to work, each time she started back up quicker and quicker. It got to the point where it stalled, I coasted in neutral and started it right back up, put back in drive and continued driving. The first time this happend, about 5 or 6 weeks ago, the engine stalled, I pulled over and after twenty minutes of trying to start her, it started and stayed running. I haven't seen the problem since (until now). I drove yesterday, in the rain with some downpours over 200 miles without a problem (NJ to CT).
Do you guys have any ideas? Could I be getting water in my fuel tank somehow? I haven't called the dealer yet, it is too early in the day...any ideas?????
Thanks in advance! Ben