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Today on way bk from work i put my foot down and engine accelerated like normal then when it got to around 4k hesitated and cut out. It acually turned it self off revs dropped and lost power steering. I had to turn key to off then turn it bk on again. Its done it once before but engine did not turn off revs dropped then it came bk to life.

any help much appreciated

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Happend bout 3 weeks ago or so but didnt acually turn off. This time it turned it self off. Il take it out tomorow night for a blast and see if it happens again. Really confusing. jst hoping its nothing major or expensive lol.

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Aux belt should be fine as it was replaced yesterday. Il check terminals tomorow then. If alternator wasnt kicking out enough power would this cause these problems. il try and borrow an voltage meter of someone this week.

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If your alternator isn't working properly it's not charging the battery to power the electrical gear, like the ECU.

The ECU will need a certain amount of power, if it doesn't get it it will just shut off. Many other things will still work though

check the cables and connection from the alternator aswell, it may have a loose earth

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Think i may have found the problem. Both times this has happened i have been really low on fuel. Now yesterday when it happened i was coming out of a sharp bend and put my foot down in second so im thinking the fuel may have gone to other side of fuel tank and therefore cut out. Does this sound at all possible. Checked battery conections and all were ok. Check earth for alternator and all seemed ok still need to get a voltmeter on battery and alternator. I drove it tonight and put my foot down through bends etc and all was fine.

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aye mine splutters if its low on fuel and you take a right hand bend too hard, or boot it away from a junction - shat meself the first time it did it, also seems to drive better with a full-ish tank.

The extra weight even seems to even-out the engine mass. Now for more power.....

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