I drove the Capri to my office last Friday. Friday in LA is usually light traffic and the only day of the week I would even attempt to drive my RS to work. The car was running killer! I left my office a little early to get a jump on the traffic and took a back road which is normally very light traffic that time of day. Was going great and then, just my luck there was road work going on with a lane shut down in both directions and got trapped in bumper to bumped traffic. Car got up to around 210 degrees (normally runs between 190-200) and it still seemed to be running fine. I was watching the temperature gauge like a hawk making sure it didn't get any hotter. After about 10 minutes of stop and go I noticed it starting to miss fire a little and while I was trying to get to the side of the road to let it cool down a bit, it stalled out in the lane and would not re-start. It would turn over and try to start but would not stay running. Luckily someone helped me push it out of traffic. Seeing as it was not boiling over and the gauge never went over 210 degrees, I am assuming the motor was having ignition issues (maybe coil?) because after it sat for around 10 minutes or so, it started right up. Needless to say I called AAA and decided to have them tow it home because I didn't want to take any chances with the traffic as bad as it was in the heat. Car ran fine when I got it home to pull it into the garage.
Anyone else have any input on some potential problems this might be and is 210 degrees too hot?
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,
Robert
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