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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 11:58 AM
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I'm having a problem with the car staying on. I drove it for about 2 minutes the other day and it was driving fine. But when I went around a corner and accelerated it just shut off. Then wouldn't cut back on. I had it pushed to my house and I tried to start it up and it started no problem. Can anyone tell me what could be the issue, any help would be great!
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 12:09 PM
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hard to say for sure with the little info provided bt common problems are distributor and fuel pump so next time it doesnt want to start check spark and fuel
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 12:40 PM
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Ya we need more info, replace fuel filter maybe. Acceleration + stalling = fuel filter most of the time if I remember correctly.
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 12:43 PM
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Fuel filter I replace like last week, and I but seafoam in the gas tank. The guy at advanced said it will help clean the fuel lines
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 12:45 PM
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I was thinking it's a electrical problem. Cause I can start it no problem. And I drove it, and I accelerated fine. I think something is grounding and making it come off
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Old Apr 23, 2011 | 12:46 PM
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Making it cut off sorry
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 03:58 AM
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might wana inspect your distributor
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Old Apr 24, 2011 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by atmdc
might wana inspect your distributor
What do I need to inspect on it? How would I know if that's the problem?
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 06:07 PM
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Please can someone help me? I don't wanna buy something that I don't need. I'm not made of money haha
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 06:32 PM
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pull sparkplug, put back into sparkplug wire, have friend try to start car and you look for spark
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Clean91Crx
pull sparkplug, put back into sparkplug wire, have friend try to start car and you look for spark
Another thing if you could plea help me out. My plug wells have oil in them. How am I still getting spark? Cause they car starts no problem
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 07:09 PM
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first off get a valve cover gasket kit and fix those oil leaks there. spark plugs sealed in combustion chamber and has a pretty good seal on the wires too.
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Old Apr 26, 2011 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Clean91Crx
first off get a valve cover gasket kit and fix those oil leaks there. spark plugs sealed in combustion chamber and has a pretty good seal on the wires too.
Well see my friend drove it around like that for awhile and it never cut off randomly. What could possibly be making the czar shut off randomly and then for like 10 minutes not have response when I turn the key? I think some sort of wire is grounding it
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 02:54 AM
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have you check fuel pressure, your pump could be going out or have a wiring issue. I would fix you valve cover leak to.
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 03:03 AM
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It sounds like it is your ignition switch in the steering column to me.

Also you could have ignitor or coil issues.

Will the car turn over at all?
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Clean91Crx
have you check fuel pressure, your pump could be going out or have a wiring issue. I would fix you valve cover leak to.
I changed the fuel filter. But it didn't seem to help anything. And I'm soon to fix that leak
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 05:41 AM
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It sounds like it is your ignition switch in the steering column to me.

Also you could have ignitor or coil issues.

Will the car turn over at all?
I could crank the car like it has no problems. But after a few minutes of driving it, it will just cut off. I know when I changed the fuel filter a lot of gas leaked out. Could it just be that I'm low on gas?
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by dylaxiin
I could crank the car like it has no problems. But after a few minutes of driving it, it will just cut off. I know when I changed the fuel filter a lot of gas leaked out. Could it just be that I'm low on gas?
lol sorry bt yes you definitely need to make sure you have enough gas
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by dylaxiin
I changed the fuel filter. But it didn't seem to help anything. And I'm soon to fix that leak
I said FUEL PUMP not filter
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 02:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Clean91Crx
I said FUEL PUMP not filter
Well I bought seafoam which if you don't know is something that cleans the fuel lines. Would that help the FUEL PUMP?!
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Old Apr 27, 2011 | 04:48 PM
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your sock could be full of crap or your pump could be going out
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