I have an '83 Olds Cutlass Supreme Brougham. The engine is believed to be out of an early to mid 70's Delta 88 (350, 4bbl). I was driving to work on a road with a 50MPH speed limit, but I couldn't get the car to do even 45. When I pulled into the parking lot where I work, the car died. I was able to get it running again long enough to get near a parking space before it died again. I had to get a couple of co-workers to help me put into a parking space.
The mechanic across the street from where I live thinks this is a fuel line problem. I can start the car and in Park or Neutral the engine will run if I keep giving it gas. If I try to put it in any gear, the car might get me a few blocks. While watching the engine idling with the hood up, the engine shook quite a bit. When putting the car into gear, the whole car shakes to where things in the trunk jump around. I pulled out the fuel filter to make sure the engine was getting enough gas, no improvement noticed. Wassup?
2006-12-09 17:24:45 · 3 answers · asked by navig8r 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Sounds like a tune up ( plugs, wires, cap, rotor )// but can't check from here. Take it to a trusted mechanic.
2006-12-09 17:34:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nicely, the following is a thanks to inform if it truly is a gas line problem... Unhook the gas line from the carb. you want an assistant for this, btw. aspect the end of the gas line right into a gas can and performance the assistant turn the most. once you've an electric powered gas pump, you need to have gas popping out of the line. once you've a mechanical gas pump, have your assistant crank the engine, it truly is going to be on the instant that you need to work out gas squirting into your gas can. once you've gas popping out of the line, then it isn't likely to be a gas problem. examine the choke on your carburetor. often times they opt to adhere closed and that ought to reason alot of complications. at the same time as became the finest time you checked your air clear out, come to imagine of it? in case you discover that your choke isn't beginning you need to be in a position to apply any good spray carb purifier like gumout or hogwash to sparkling the mechanism. If that doesn't remedy your problem, examine the exhaust bypass on the decrease back of the vehicle at the same time as the engine is operating. If the bypass is weak or worse, if there is no longer exhaust popping out in any respect, then you in all likelyhood have a plugged catalytic converter. wish this facilitates, Vince
2016-11-25 02:00:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-10 07:21:53 · answer #3 · answered by twentyeight7 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋