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Brian,
Does you car have power brakes? If so, I had a prolem like this years
ago on an old Volvo. The brake booster had a hole in the diaphram and when
the brake pedal was not pressed it ran fine but when I stepped on the pedal
it flexed the diaphram and expanded the hole and created a huge vacuum leak
and the car died. It took me several weeks to figure it out. I replaced
the booster and the problem went away. Just a thought.
Dan
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From: "Myers, Brian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "First Generation Firebird-L" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 9:52 AM
Subject: [FGF] Hit the brake, engine dies
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Any idea why when I depress the brake pedal, the engine would die? It
doesn't stutter, just dies instantly. It was running well last week but
it overheated so I just finished replacing the thermostat and water pump
and put it all back together. I started the car and it started fine,
idled well, but when I press the brake, it dies. As a test I tried
starting the car with the brake depressed and it won't start. But with
my foot off the brake, starts fine.
Any thoughts that might help in my troubleshooting?
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