The other night, I was driving home, when suddenly my car started "sputtering", that is to say, it lost all power. The more I pushed the gas pedal down , the more the engine bogged. I pulled over and tryed to rev it. It wouldnt rev past 3000 RPM without trying to die. After turning it off for a minute, I started it back up and it drove just fine. No problems whatsoever. My dad, who used to be a mechanic, told me to replace the fuel filter. Which I just did. The old one was full of rust and lots of other nice junk. Could a clogged filter cause my car to behave this way? I'm very mechanicly inlined, so I'm not a total noob, I just need a second opinion.

thanks HT!

 

it could but it sounds more like a frayed wire touched some metal temporarily and then moved off.

 

yea its possible. but i don't see how thatd stop you from getting past 3k you just wouldn't get fuel.


have you had any other problems since?

 

How does it run now that the filter has been changed?

 

Sorry to make a useless post but TY, you reminded me to change mine

 

thats what led me to believe that it was electrical...temporary limp mode or something along those lines

 

Well after changing the fuel filter, the car runs sooooo much better. Pulls harder too. I've yet to have any problems, so I'm gonna assume that this fixed the problem. *knock on wood* Thanks for the responses.