Car Keeps Turning Off!

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Asmar
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My S13 keeps turning off randomly when I'm driving. Sometimes it will go 100 miles without turing off as I'm driving and sometimes it will go no more then 100 feet before turning off. I can't seem to figure out what the problem is, took it to 2 different shops to get thing changed/fixed but problem is still here. More detailed info about the problem:

Changed:- Battery- Coil Pack- Fuel Injector- Fuel Pump- Spark Plugs- Spark Plug Wires

Nothing has worked! The car still keeps turning off randomly... What some people think the problem might be:

Possibilities:- Engine Coolant Temperature Switch Malfunctioning- Water in Fuel System/Tank- Wiring Problem

Everything seems fine... Does anyone have any idea what the problem is or what it might be? Also something to note is when the car turns off randomly when I'm driving, it doesn't wanna turn back on for a while. I gotta try to turn it on and wait 2-3 mins and try again until it finally wants to turn on again. But once it turns on, I can turn it on and off normally. Turning the car on after it has turned off randomly is a pain... Also one more thing to note is sometimes the temp gauge reads the temp being very close to extremely hot when the car doesn't seem like its heating up or anything... Any help on this would be great. Thanks!


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asoomal
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Check the ECU if you got any codes, sounds like a dizzy to me.

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Asmar
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It isn't giving any codes.

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kinda sounds like a short somewhere.

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Before I did my swap this started happening to me as the car would turn off whenever it hit operating temp unfortunately I was never able to quite figure out what the exact problem was. I swapped out the coolant temp sensor and it ran fine for six months then started doing it again. After I pulled the KA I sold it to a friend for $50, he rebuilt it, swapped it into a coupe and has been driving it fine ever since. I forgot to ask him if he figured out what could have been causing the shutoffs. Where can I find more pics of your S13, I really like it?

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Might try another ecu, sounds like a difficult to find issue though, weird symptoms.


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