Bassmastry101
03-21-2011, 08:11 PM
SO, I have been tinkering around on my girlfriends car a lot lately. It just started doing this about two months ago and I haven't figured it out yet. Sorry if it's a little long..I like to go into detail.
I replaced the plugs, cap and button, accel 8mm wireset, put new grounds on it with 8 gauge wire and added two ground points (still not done but gave me great results), Had the timing belt replaced not too long ago, checked the vacuum lines over and over again (still want to do the black box delete), fabbed up a temporary custom intake..not exactly a cold air intake but still gave me more than I expected. New front top and bottom ball joints and both sides along with new axles and new rack and pinion with outer tie rods. New tires and fresh alignment. (basically rebuilt the front end)
SO I took the car for a week to test out all the time and effort put into it the previous week and did amazing, drove like a new car..until. I got off work one morning, I had about a quarter tank of gas and when I got off the exit the car just cut off at the red light..just like it used to. :burn: Fired it up and got to the gas station and died as soon as i stopped at the pump.. topped it off checked the vacuum lines again and nothing out of place, no cracks, nothing unplugged. Fired it up and it idled but barely so I unplugged the line going to the cruise control (the little can mounted the radiator support on the driver side) and it ran great. Took the long way home and it drove perfect. Well I gave the car back to my girl and she went out partying with some friends and parked on a hill and the car wouldn't start and the pump was making some lound noises. At the time she was a little low on the go go juice.. :banghead: ..I assume the pump just could'nt reach the fuel.. She pushed it to a level spot, fired it up and went on to get a little gas. Now when shes driving almost every time she stops it just cuts off.
When I bought the car the owner said that he replaced the fuel filter and pump and wrote down the date it was replaced..could It be possible he bent something, like the part that holds the actual pump in the tank and its raised up just enough to where the pump wont reach the last few gallons of gas? I'm thinking when on a hill or stopping the fuel shifts forward and the pump runs dry..
I replaced the plugs, cap and button, accel 8mm wireset, put new grounds on it with 8 gauge wire and added two ground points (still not done but gave me great results), Had the timing belt replaced not too long ago, checked the vacuum lines over and over again (still want to do the black box delete), fabbed up a temporary custom intake..not exactly a cold air intake but still gave me more than I expected. New front top and bottom ball joints and both sides along with new axles and new rack and pinion with outer tie rods. New tires and fresh alignment. (basically rebuilt the front end)
SO I took the car for a week to test out all the time and effort put into it the previous week and did amazing, drove like a new car..until. I got off work one morning, I had about a quarter tank of gas and when I got off the exit the car just cut off at the red light..just like it used to. :burn: Fired it up and got to the gas station and died as soon as i stopped at the pump.. topped it off checked the vacuum lines again and nothing out of place, no cracks, nothing unplugged. Fired it up and it idled but barely so I unplugged the line going to the cruise control (the little can mounted the radiator support on the driver side) and it ran great. Took the long way home and it drove perfect. Well I gave the car back to my girl and she went out partying with some friends and parked on a hill and the car wouldn't start and the pump was making some lound noises. At the time she was a little low on the go go juice.. :banghead: ..I assume the pump just could'nt reach the fuel.. She pushed it to a level spot, fired it up and went on to get a little gas. Now when shes driving almost every time she stops it just cuts off.
When I bought the car the owner said that he replaced the fuel filter and pump and wrote down the date it was replaced..could It be possible he bent something, like the part that holds the actual pump in the tank and its raised up just enough to where the pump wont reach the last few gallons of gas? I'm thinking when on a hill or stopping the fuel shifts forward and the pump runs dry..