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I can tell you that in Sept I stopped at a gas station to fill up my 1994 Altima. After filling it up I started it up and as soon as I accelerated it died. I had 125K miles on it with no other problems. I only had about 20K on a tune up. The way it sounded I would have swore it was a fuel problem.
After towing it to a repair shop I tried to start it again (as soon as it came off of the tow truck) and it started right up. I had the mechanic check it out and he found the EGR valve not working (leaking by) so I had that replaced.
About 20 days later (the car was running ok) the car left my wife at a traffic light. By now I had read this forum and everyone was talking about oil in the distributor. I HAD pulled the distributor cap and everything looked new. Even the mechanic said he did not find any oil in the distributor. I had already purchase electrical contact cleaner (just in case) for the sensor in the distributor. Anyway I was able to push the car to a safe place and now with it disabled I would be able to definately find the problem. First thing I did was pull the dist cap. I don't know if I just did not see it before but this time I saw a "half" cover on the bottom of the inside of the distributor (yes I call myself stupid). I pulled the half cover AND AT LEAST A PINT of oil ran out. I sprayed the sensor with the contact cleaner, reinstalled the interior cover and distributor cap and the beast ran fine.
I SAY LOOK AT YOU DISTRIBUTOR first as mine let me down with no warning.
PS wife had enough and I sold the car. The individual work swith me and I explained everything. He drove it for about 3 weeks while he purchase a new distributor. He has replaced the distributor and no more issues.
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