Please help, big problem (I think)
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Please help, big problem (I think)
My LT4 has been acting a little weird in the mornings when it has not warmed up. It's almost like the choke was sticking or something. Anyway, today I was driving along and I punched it and it went dead and started spuddering and then totally died. I got out, loosened the gas cap and gave it a go and it reluctanly started, ran an errand and on my way home I punched it again and the same thing. I managed to get it started again. After it cooled down I decided to take it out for a spin and see if I could blow whatever it was out of it. It was spuddering quite a bit and running really rough and then it died and now I can't get to start at all. It runs for a second, if you can call it that. It sounds terrible for the few seconds that it does run. I am thinking dirty fuel filter or bad fuel pump. The fuel filter is only about 15-20K miles old though. Any suggestions would be great. What else could it be and about how much to fix? Thanks in advance!
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Re: Please help, big problem (1Sully)
Are you getting popping in the intake? If so, it sounds like a fuel pump. I replaced the filter and relay, but the pump would die and I'd get a few seconds of a sputtering and poping "running" but it would eventually just die.
The poping would be from extreme lean mixture.
[Modified by jcygan, 7:59 PM 8/12/2001]
[Modified by jcygan, 7:59 PM 8/12/2001]
The poping would be from extreme lean mixture.
[Modified by jcygan, 7:59 PM 8/12/2001]
[Modified by jcygan, 7:59 PM 8/12/2001]
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Re: Please help, big problem (jcygan)
That pretty much sums it up. It is making some random noises out of the pipes too. I was thinking that it was the fuel pump also. Do you have any idea what that will cost?
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Re: Please help, big problem (1Sully)
I think it's $89 from Ecklers or Mid America. I got one at a junk yard :crazy: . So, I may be getting a visit from the fuel pump fairy again soon, oh well. It was only $20, I'm cheap, what can I say.
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Re: Please help, big problem (1Sully)
Corvettes of Dallas was were I bought the pump for my 86, think it was about same as Ecklers etall about $90 and it was in stock for immediate delivery. Very easy to change, 45 minutes tops.
