Odd fuel problem
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Odd fuel problem
I had a strange problem with my c5 today. Spent about an hour driving up the highway and parked the car for about 15 minutes. Started it back up, put it into reverse let out the clutch and it stalled. Started it back up, it ran for 2 seconds and died. I held the accelerator to the floor, cranked it over and it started, as soon as I let off it died again. Held the accelerator down, started it, let off and as it began to die I held it all the way down again, it hesitated for a few seconds and revved back up, did this a few times until it would idle and though I was home free until I let the clutch out and it died.
I had just under a half tank and figured maybe it was the dreaded jet pump failure and it was out of gas, so I limped it to the gas station in first gear at full throttle sputtering and surging the whole way, filled the tank, it started up and purred like a kitten and ran fine the whole 30 minute drive home.
Now, there were no codes and the fuel gauge read normal the whole time, and filing the tank definitely seems to have "solved" the problem. Does anyone have an idea what could have happened?
I had just under a half tank and figured maybe it was the dreaded jet pump failure and it was out of gas, so I limped it to the gas station in first gear at full throttle sputtering and surging the whole way, filled the tank, it started up and purred like a kitten and ran fine the whole 30 minute drive home.
Now, there were no codes and the fuel gauge read normal the whole time, and filing the tank definitely seems to have "solved" the problem. Does anyone have an idea what could have happened?
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I had a strange problem with my c5 today. Spent about an hour driving up the highway and parked the car for about 15 minutes. Started it back up, put it into reverse let out the clutch and it stalled. Started it back up, it ran for 2 seconds and died. I held the accelerator to the floor, cranked it over and it started, as soon as I let off it died again. Held the accelerator down, started it, let off and as it began to die I held it all the way down again, it hesitated for a few seconds and revved back up, did this a few times until it would idle and though I was home free until I let the clutch out and it died.
I had just under a half tank and figured maybe it was the dreaded jet pump failure and it was out of gas, so I limped it to the gas station in first gear at full throttle sputtering and surging the whole way, filled the tank, it started up and purred like a kitten and ran fine the whole 30 minute drive home.
Now, there were no codes and the fuel gauge read normal the whole time, and filing the tank definitely seems to have "solved" the problem. Does anyone have an idea what could have happened?
I had just under a half tank and figured maybe it was the dreaded jet pump failure and it was out of gas, so I limped it to the gas station in first gear at full throttle sputtering and surging the whole way, filled the tank, it started up and purred like a kitten and ran fine the whole 30 minute drive home.
Now, there were no codes and the fuel gauge read normal the whole time, and filing the tank definitely seems to have "solved" the problem. Does anyone have an idea what could have happened?
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This kind of sounds dumb, but since we have "2" tanks take the passenger tank and hit it with a hammer so you can hear how it sounds, then hit the driver side and listen. If the secondary pump is failing to send fuel to the other tank you will be able to tell by the sound if one has gas and the other doesn't., Another way to tell is go to a parking lot and drive to your left and see if it sputters or hesitates. Obviously do this while you are at the same you were at when it acted up.
I more or less wanted to find out if the symptoms sound like a jet pump failure before going through the effort of diagnosing it
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