89 Sentra stalls after 10 minutes of driving...

I have a '89 Sentra that I use to get groceries and such. It starts
fine and seems like it runs pretty strong at first.

However, after about 10 to 15 minutes of driving/idling it stalls.
When I'm driving and I notice that it's about to stall, I give it more
gas and it doesn't seem to help. It's like the power is cutting out
making the car jerk for about a minute until it stalls. After
stalling, the car turns over and runs for a half a second and stalls
again.

Most times I'm already at the grocery store parking lot (my drive is
mostly downhill) when this happens, and when I come back to my car it
starts fine and goes back up the hill like nothing happened.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

replace the distributor


<xeeton (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote

I have a '89 Sentra that I use to get groceries and such. It starts
fine and seems like it runs pretty strong at first.

However, after about 10 to 15 minutes of driving/idling it stalls.
When I'm driving and I notice that it's about to stall, I give it more
gas and it doesn't seem to help. It's like the power is cutting out
making the car jerk for about a minute until it stalls. After
stalling, the car turns over and runs for a half a second and stalls
again.

Most times I'm already at the grocery store parking lot (my drive is
mostly downhill) when this happens, and when I come back to my car it
starts fine and goes back up the hill like nothing happened.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

the entire distributor assembly or just the "distributor cap"?

On Feb 15, 1:50 am, xee... (AT) gmail (DOT) com wrote:

the entire distributor assembly or just the "distributor cap"?

You need to replace the distributor. It is actually a seal inside that
is broken and leaks oil into your camshaft position sensor.
Unfortunately you cannot simply replace this piece. What happens is
the oil heats up and leaks into the CS Pos Sensor which uses an
electric eye persay to flash through 360 different notches to control
timing. When the oil leaks in...it basically gets confused and your
engine surges then will stall out...after the oil has drained down
your car will be able to start again. Not a cheap fix, but I assure
you thats is the problem.

hey it is the fuel pump or the alternator