car died
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From: Burbank IL
car died
I was driving the other day and the the car was running good, all of a sudden it bogs down and then dies after a couple of seconds. I couldn"t get it started so I pushed it off the street. About 10 minutes later I finally get it started by holding the gas down but whenever I put a load on it it would die. Wait maybe another 20 minutes start it again it was running really badly but I am able to drive it maybe a half a block to a parking spot. So this morning I went back to the car started it and it ran fine. I am thinking it may be the fuel pump is starting to go bad because it smelled like it was running lean. I'm at school so I don't have many tools with me here so I could not test the pressure in the fuel rail. Has anyone else had a problem like this?
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Sounds like a fuel pump problem, or fuel filter.
Last edited by pkazsr; May 4, 2008 at 01:34 PM. Reason: Another thought, usually only one at a time.
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Originally Posted by canon1414
It did smell lean when I got it started. The only code that came up a couple of seconds before the car died was a code 15 which is a low coolant sensor circuit
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