car shut off on qew

SON240sx Automotive
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hey guys

this isnt my 240, but my 1994 dodge shadow just up and shut off on the highway last night.

no idea why.

i was pushing it pretty hard for an old car 140-160 km’s but i dont imagine that would do anythign.

she just wouldn’t take gas anymore out of nowhere. i was pushing the pedal down and nothing. so i coasted off to the side of the road.

just before i came to a dead stop, oil light flashed on for a sec. i checked the oil and it was bone dry.

any suggestions or ideas why this happened?

thanks

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you probably burned all the oil going that fast, older engines tend to burn oil when they are high in the rpm’s. You may have seized it?

No oil = boinked up internals

What does it do when you turn the key?

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after some enw oil and a few attempts at turning her over she started fine and drove without any problems.

but the car shutting off like that was a first. thats why im trying to figure out how it happened so i can avoid it again.

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koz is right, i think you burned all the oil away, or some sort of no-oil sensor detected and shut it off preventing internal damage, just keep an eye on the oil

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i had the same problem with my old shadow, running and then just turning off for random amounts of time if i drove the crap out of it i would o through oil, as for it turning off , mine did the same thing , it has something to do with the bottom of the distributor there is a plug there (two wire black plug) on the bottom , not quite sure what it does but i had a mechanic fix it and ther car ran great after that.

farmer

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thanks guys,

much appreciated.