My car turns off when driving- i dont know whats wrong

[supersport]

When i am driving along mt check engine lights comes on and the the car quits, or sometimes it will bog down to 100 rpm and then the rpm will be normal, this only happens when i play the radio for some reason, i just dont get it, this should not be, does anyone know what might be happening?

 

[Calypso]

Supposedly, if your water pump is bad, it will drip on your CPS, which will basically short that and in turn, **** the car. Then it won't start for a few minutes after that.

This might not be the case for you since it only happens when you play the radio, but that's all I can think of. Maybe something to do with the accesory belt

 

[SHOMurph]

crank position sensor

 

[ohfosho]

CPS as stated above. check your codes to be sure...

 

[dpsutphin]

The only possible reason I can think of for it only happening when you play the radio is that as any electrical sensor begins to wear out, it requires just a bit more juice to operate properly.

When you turn on the radio, the small additional drain on the system takes away a little power from whatever sensor is going out, which would then send bad information to the computer, possibly causing all kinds of maladies to occur.

You also don't say if your system has a big amplifier attached, or anything like that that could cause an additional electrical drain.

In any event, you should be able to get some codes that will pinpoint the problem. Just do a search here on codes, or click on the link provided by ohfosho above, and you will get lots of information on how to pull them, and what they mean.

 

[1993MTXSHO]

id agree with everyone else crank pos sensor but if your due for a 60k mine as well freshen her up, youll probably love the outcome.