Alfisti: Thanks for the suggestions I've received. This happened Sunday morning (Fathers Day) and because the kids were home I left it sitting all day in the dentist's parking lot, and had not yet had a chance to act on any of your suggestions. That evening I went to put a "engine won't start" note in the window. For a lark, I turned the key - the engine started! Whoa! So immediately drove towards home. 100 yards from my house, it quit again. As I was coasting I tried to pop the clutch and restart - it didn't - but a moment later with a turn of the key it did start. It's now in the garage at home. Don't you just love intermittent problems? How do you diagnose that which sometimes works, sometimes doesn't? Dave Martin [email protected] Endwell, NY
-----Original Message----- From: Dave Martin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2012 Subject: Spyder Engine quit Fellow Alfisti: The Alfa in question is an 87 Spyder Quad. A few times over the past 3 or 4 weeks, while motoring on down the road, it has, shall I say, "hiccupped"? - engine quit for a beat then immediately restarted. All the idiot lights would be on for a few seconds, just as if it were started from completely off. Kinda hard to troubleshoot when later all runs ok. But while driving this morning, it quit. Engine just stopped. I was able to coast to a spot in a parking lot (fortunately, I was only a half-mile from home). Turned key off then on - nothing at all - no idiot lights, no starter. Headlights work, so there are electrons somewhere, but the electric windows do not work. Any thoughts as to what to check? Some relay? Which one, where is it? Dave Martin [email protected] Endwell, NY -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
