Car died!

[94' SHO]

Well i was driving my car for a while. then stoped to eat and meet up with a friend well we deiced to go to the state fair (bout 20 seconds from where we were..lol) and i start my car and back out and shift to first and (put put put put dies on me) that lil b*tch started up like 2 minutes later just enough time for me to pull into a spot tried for about 10 minutes to get it going again and no luck what's so ever. well we decied to take my friends car to the fair about 2-3 hours later we come back and get my car starts right up *** no problems came up that night. this has happend to me before but then it was fine. has this happend to anyone sorry i didn't put the "." and "," but i just thought i'd just tell you with out all the proper grammer.

 

[Machspeed]

Any other symtoms? Could be the cps. Have you had a 60k recently?

 

[SHO--ripper]

Check the codes.

 

[SHO_Driver]

Sounds like when my fuel pump started dying out. It would start but idle below 500rpm. Couldn't drive forward. If I left it for awhile it would start right up and drive perfectly.

I had these symptons: noisy fuel pump, less power when closer to empty, slight hesitation when taking up 1st gear. Also I would get a tach signal when cranking and no CEL.

 

[94' SHO]

Yeah i think it's my fuel pump. sounds like the same. only does it when it's close to empty. how much was your new fuel pump? can i find one at the junk yard?

 

[HopefulSHO]

Sounds like the typical dying fuel pump.

I picked up my replacement (190lph Walbro kit) at Auto Performance Engineering for around $88. Comes with everything you'd need to install the pump (except your own tools of course).

 

[94' SHO]

I see alot of people have them. do they add hp or anything? or just a better brand?

 

[SHO_Driver]

I also installed the Walbro. No it won't add horsepower to a stock setup but it can be usefull if you decide to do mods. The Walbro is very quiet and I can barely hear it prime. My car is smoother under load with the a/c on and always starts on the first try.

 

[sdpatt]

Could be the CPS or the fuel pump or even something else. It would be wise to accurately diagnose the problem before throwing money at the car. The putt, putt, putt does sound like a dying fuel pump, but check those codes. Does the tachometer register when the car is cranking and not starting? Can you hear the control module fuel pump relay "click" when the ignition key is turned to ON? Eighty five percent of fixing something is finding out what is wrong.