Help me diagnose...My girlfriend said the car died when she was trying to make a right turn onto a street when giving it gas. She coasted it to the side of the street. Car has about 53,000 miles. I checked all the fuses, swaped the fuel pump relay with another comprable relay (ac compressor) and still didn't start. I then walked to the nearest grocery store and bought some starting fluid. While turning it over I was spraying the lubricant in the intake. It would hesitate to run for about 10 seconds then starve and die. The car has gas for sure...I could not hear the fuel pump turn on when turning the ignition on. Hmmmm help, I'm thinking that its a pump whatcha think??? Where is the pump on this olds??? Thanks!!!
2006-09-28 13:23:46 · 5 answers · asked by cfenton1982 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Try this; Under the hood on the fuel rail near the injectors is a schader valve (it looks like a ire valve and may have a cap on it.). This is the fuel pressure tap. With the key on CAREFULLY press the valve and see if fuel sprays out. If not you are not getting fuel and it is probably the fuel pump. If so ask again. Try not to use starting fluid. It is bad for the car.
2006-09-28 13:30:33 · answer #1 · answered by mudpuppy72 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i own a repair shop,,and it could be a pump,,but in all honesty i have seen a lot of pumps go out ,and never to this day seen one go all the sudden, on any car,they always get weak or loose pressure before they go out,it does sound like a fuel problem though,,and it could also be an ignition problem with it,,you need to have it checked out real good before you start replacing things on it,,that can get expensive and not even fix the problem,,at least have someone check it and give you a good idea of what it is, or is not doing,,then you,ll know good luck,i hope this help,s.
2006-09-28 13:33:26 · answer #2 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Replace the fuel filter and see if that helps. If that doesn't help, it probably is the fuel pump, which may be located in the gas tank in some models.
2006-09-28 13:34:38 · answer #3 · answered by scienceguy888 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you didnt hear the fuel pump humm when you switched it on. it is the fuel pump. but first some models have fuses for the fuel pumps also a relay fuel switch also.
2006-10-02 13:01:29 · answer #4 · answered by duc602 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sound like the fuel pump.....its located in the gas tank...and the tank has to be lowered to get to it. Sorry
2006-09-28 13:38:29 · answer #5 · answered by R W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋