Help with my mx3 plz...

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oceanline
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Help with my mx3 plz...

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I was driving home from with my mx3 from the mall and was driving for a good 15 minutes and then all of a sudden my engine just shut off!! It wont start back up again.... what could my problem be??

The batteries still work :?
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could be alot of things. any weird noises when it died? do you have spark and/or fuel?
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You have power? if so ya my first thing is spark plugs.
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Disty .. HEI MOD time :)
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There are really only 2 common things that will cause your engine to cut out instantly and completely. 1) Distributor problem 2) Timing Belt breaking.

Other stuff can happen of course.. but these are the 2 common ones.

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