Fuel pressure is lower on a fuel injection car than with carburetor I
On 3/1/2024 12:00 pm, helper wrote:
Fuel pressure is lower on a fuel injection car than with carburetor I
This first sentence is total bullshit so ...
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When engine quits and won't start, try putting a little gas in throttle
body and put air filter back on (to avoid fire), then try starting to
see if it runs for a few seconds. That might be good test to know it
isn't getting fuel during those situations. Sometimes hard to know if
fuel or electrical is problem.
I think my 93 sonoma was acting up, cutting out at times a few years
ago, recalling as you mentioned fuel pressure. Someone told me that fuel pumps go out gradually, used to be easy to replace too. The in-tank
variety can be hard to get to. A van might have a cover on the van
floor to access the top of the tank, and even allow you to remove the
pump assembly from the top of tank--a ring that turns unlocks some tabs
and then pump assembly lifts out, that part fairly easy. New pump fixed
my cutting out, cost about $70 online. When stumped, I go to a
repair shop and get estimate how much to diagnose problem. They used to
do that for around $100. Then fix it yourself from their advice. They have better equipment and are used to solving mysteries.
helper wrote:
When engine quits and won't start, try putting a little
gas in throttle body and put air filter back on (to avoid
fire), then try starting to see if it runs for a few
seconds. That might be good test to know it isn't getting
fuel during those situations. Sometimes hard to know if
fuel or electrical is problem.
I think my 93 sonoma was acting up, cutting out at
times a few years ago, recalling as you mentioned fuel
pressure. Someone told me that fuel pumps go out
gradually, used to be easy to replace too. The in-tank
variety can be hard to get to. A van might have a cover
on the van floor to access the top of the tank, and even
allow you to remove the pump assembly from the top of
tank--a ring that turns unlocks some tabs and then pump
assembly lifts out, that part fairly easy. New pump fixed
my cutting out, cost about $70 online. When stumped, I
go to a repair shop and get estimate how much to diagnose
problem. They used to do that for around $100. Then fix
it yourself from their advice. They have better equipment
and are used to solving mysteries.
The original post is 19 years old. It's unlikely that the
OP is still driving his 30 year old Astro. Metal fatigue
would have broken it in half about 10 years ago.
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