Changed fuel filter, car ran for awhile, now won’t stay running again. Answers?
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Starts, then dies. Smells like gasoline and it’s coming from exhaust. Loud sound coming from right side of engine. Previous problems with cadilitac converter(sp?). New fuel pump , then months later new fuel filter just changed yesterday. Let car sit overnight, started fine this morning, ran a couple errands, and it died and now car on side of road and it won’t stay running. Turns over, but it acts sick and then dies.
What makes this problem better or worse?
Sitting for few hours or overnight
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Hello, what testing has been performed so far?
Has a fuel pressure gauge at the fuel rail of the engine been installed to measure base fuel pressure?
If there is fuel pressure, has engine ignition spark been checked? Is there engine compression? Is the timing set properly?
I'd start there. You could also have trouble with the air intake system having too much or not enough air, but I'd bet you're missing either fuel or spark. When you find out which you are missing, testing must be done within that specific system to find out what is going on.
Thank you for responding. Nothing has been checked that I’m aware of. My husband has been working on it and neither of us are mechanics, he has done a good job at keeping it going for the most part, just trying to save money and keep it out of the shop. It makes a really loud sound when it starts and it will run a minute then dies. He can’t seem to figure out why it won’t stay running. Could it be a clogged cadilitac converter? I wish I knew more about cars, unfortunately I don’t, so I’m hoping to have enough answers so we can get it running again. Thank you again for responding and he is going to start here!
Hi, I totally respect where you are with things and what you're trying to do. One bit of trouble is that I can't really tell what noise you are hearing from the engine. Some noises are catastrophic internal engine concerns, such as valve train issues, bearing issues, and so forth. Then again, if you have catalytic converter baffles that have come apart, you could get some noise from that. It's unfortunate that we can't hear here!
I would say it's unlikely you have a catalytic converter problem, and if I was guessing, i'd say you more than likely have an internal engine concern, such as engine timing being off due to the chain jumping time or something like that.
I'm sorry we can't help more -- but wish you luck!
Thank you for responding. Nothing has been checked that I’m aware of. My husband has been working on it and neither of us are mechanics, he has done a good job at keeping it going for the most part, just trying to save money and keep it out of the shop. It makes a really loud sound when it starts and it will run a minute then dies. He can’t seem to figure out why it won’t stay running. Could it be a clogged cadilitac converter? I wish I knew more about cars, unfortunately I don’t, so I’m hoping to have enough answers so we can get it running again. Thank you again for responding and he is going to start here!
Hi, I totally respect where you are with things and what you're trying to do. One bit of trouble is that I can't really tell what noise you are hearing from the engine. Some noises are catastrophic internal engine concerns, such as valve train issues, bearing issues, and so forth. Then again, if you have catalytic converter baffles that have come apart, you could get some noise from that. It's unfortunate that we can't hear here! I would say it's unlikely you have a catalytic converter problem, and if I was guessing, i'd say you more than likely have an internal engine concern, such as engine timing being off due to the chain jumping time or something like that. I'm sorry we can't help more -- but wish you luck!