# Engine stuttering and dying

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-stuttering-and-dying/63929>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** eldorado, cadillac, engines\
**Created:** [April 21, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-stuttering-and-dying/63929 "2011-04-21T19:01:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![pawelekus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c89c15/32.png) [@pawelekus](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pawelekus)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/engine-stuttering-and-dying/63929/1 "2011-04-21T19:01:25Z")

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I have 94 Eldorado. The problem happened a few times so far. It may be a coincidence but just after making quite long left u-turn the engine started to stutter and finally died. After waiting a few minutes it was able to start and died again. After one more try it started again and there was no problem for a week. Next week it was again loosing power for a half a minute but did not die. I took it to the shop, they did not find anything, I decided to flush engine since it was really dirty. And it was ok for a week. Yesterday just after refuelling (again coincidence?) engine stuttered (this time very badly), was loosing power and died several times in a row. When I started it the hand of RMP gauge was moving uop to 2K by itself. Engine was accelerating and decelerating by itself. I did wait again a few minutes, I did try to start several times without a success. After a few times it finally started, stuttered a little bit more and for the rest of drive (about two miles no problem). However i expect it can repeat again. What is wrong?