Posted by Goose on December 28, 2009 at 19:13:51 from (67.63.68.13):
Here's the scene. An '89 Chevy 1/2 ton, extended cab, long box pickup with a 5.7 engine. I busted a few snow banks with it on Saturday, then parked it by my shop while I went in and worked for a few hours.
I left the shop and it started right up. It ran for about 5 minutes and quit. When I attempted to start it, it would kick back into the starter, and wouldn't start. I figured it's a typical symtom of something wet in the ignition, probably moisture in the distributor. The roads were plowed by then, so I didn't need to use it. I figured if I just let it sit for a day or two it would dry out.
After work this afternoon, I tried it and it started right up. I let it idle till the temp came up to normal, then tried to drive it and it quit again. Same thing. I've a couple of other partially disassembled vehicles in my shop so it would take some doing to get that lunker inside the shop. I'm still thinking it acts like moisture in the distributor, so I pushed it down by the shop and took the distributor cap loose. At that point, the engine was still warm, so I'm thinking if it is moisture in the distributor, air getting into the cap plus the engine heat will dry it out. Guess I'll find out when I get home from work tomorrow.
I've seen arcing inside a distributor cap leave a permanent trail, but that's constant, not intermittent. And a fuel problem wouldn't cause it to kick back into the starter. From experiencing it before, it still acts simply like moisture in the distributor.
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