My husband is driving across Canada and is stuck in a small town because of problems with our car. He was driving and the car just quit on him. He can start the car over again but once he is driving it bogs out again. We have spent 500 dollars in towing and he is now sitting at a Canadian Tire and they don't know what the problem is. They tried the diagnostic machine and it is showing nothing. We are losing money we dont have by the minute, so any advice as to what could possibly be the problem would be greatly appreciated. We need to get him home!
2007-02-26 06:17:35 · 8 answers · asked by Natems 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
if it runs then quits ...I'd go with the cheapest part first...sounds like a fuel filter...
2007-02-26 06:24:58 · answer #1 · answered by Robert P 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sounds like the car is a pice of crap and it is hard to say without specifics. If he can start it again and again, it is not the alternator. If it can't start without jumping it then it is the alternator or battery. If it doesn't turn over at all, most likely it is the starter. Maybe the vehicle may be flooding or running too rich. There may be a timing issue. The distributer may have gone bad. Also, there may also be a compression problem involvedor. If he hears backfiring from the top of the engine (where the carbor EFI is located), he may have a bad plug or spark wire. I doubt the serpentine or individual belt to the alternator broke as well. Like everyone else said, check the fuel filter, the O-2 sensor, and the map sensor first.
2007-02-26 06:32:57 · answer #2 · answered by navy_hobo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
READ: The obvious would be the fuel filter since diagnostics came up clean. I would hope a repair shop would check this. Be sure to check the Catylitic converter. Sounds silly but, the same symptoms happened to me, and were pretty fast onset. The catylitic converter is part of the exhaust pipe, it looks like muffler, only smaller and is located before the muffler. They get clogged and allow car to start but no power. Easiest way is to cut the exhaust before the "cat converter", It will be loud as hell, but start car and see if symptoms continue. If this works, just get some cheap exhaust clamps and pipe and replace cat with pipe, until you can get it to a muffler shop. Note: the catylitic converter is for environment and a spark arrestor, removing this will not damage car. Try it! Good luck
2007-02-26 06:38:55 · answer #3 · answered by herndog 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Would be nice to know the make and model of the vehicle. As mentioned start with the simplest first. Check air filter to insure is not clogged with snow, then fuel filter if not replace for a while. Is radiator plugged with snow and not allowing air into the air filter? Assuming electronics are OK then must be a fuel or air problem?
2007-02-26 06:29:40 · answer #4 · answered by gary o 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No codes doesn't necessarily mean no problems. I had a 1993 Buick once that did this, and set no codes. The crankshaft position sensor was bad, preventing the computer from knowing the engine was turning.
2007-02-26 06:40:56 · answer #5 · answered by Galaxie500XL 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sounds like the gas filter is clogged.also have someone run a test on the fuel pump,and check the fuel pump regulator.it could be acting up and shutting the fuel off.
2007-02-26 06:26:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
in all probability did not carry on with the splendid technique, mutually as connecting the terminals with the jumper cable. Did he start up by skill of connecting the damaging ( black ) cable, from his battery to yours, then effective ( pink ) cable terminals out of your automobile battery to his automobile battery? If the splendid technique isn't used, reasonable grounding or the two cables touching one yet another or the effective clamp grounding will reason sparks.
2016-10-16 13:07:32 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I assume they checked this, but my first thought would be the alternator.
2007-02-26 06:20:31 · answer #8 · answered by hutmikttmuk 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋