Thread: Help! running issue left me stranded.

Yes. I do hear the pump priming when I turn the key.

I will check for spark. I will try to check for fuel issues as well, though I am not familiar with diagnosing fuel issues, which is why I came here. I am not sure how to do those things with the fuel system you described, but I'm willing to learn. Any thing to fix it!

No, I did the tune up before I put the car on the road. (Not to mention I have done countless tune-up on cars in the past and I double checked to make sure everything was done correctly). It has been running fine for the past month or so. This issue started a couple days ago. Not sure if it is cold-weather related?

BTW it did it again this morning. Started the car (started right up just fine), brushed the snow off of the car, got in, closed the door, and it stalled out. Right there in my driveway. (At least I wasn't stranded like yesterday). Tried to start the engine, turns over but no pop. Not even a little hiccup. Wife drove me to work. >:[

This is driving me nuts! I need a garage and some time to figure this out.

I have been trolling the forum a lot and 2 similar issues that other members were having come to mind. Okay one of them ended up being a main fuse issue the fuse looked good when looking at it from up top but it was actually blown, the second member it ended up being a cut in his fuel return hose Inside the tank you said the car has been sitting for some time I can only imagine what inside your gas tank looks like you should definately take a peek In there also make sure the 10mm plug on your ecu is bolted down all the way.

Also, I stated before to check your condenser. The condenser is on the distributor. This is actually a capacitor that helps the ignition system fire and maintain proper voltage.


For the trouble shooting procedure we have stated you will need a multimeter, fuel pressure gauge is preferable for checking the fuel system and a compression gauge. For the compression gauge, if you know someone that has experience doing a compression check, let them do it. It is very easy to cross thread the fitting into the spark plug hole.

Thank you all very much for the replies. I will try all of the suggestions. I just wish the weather would ease up for a day so I could work on it.

One last thing, here are the fsm's.

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We are here to try and help you brother, probably something really simple....lol, it's too bad we as forum members can't pull a star trek and come together at one time in order to help each other out....good luck man, stay on top of it, you'll figure it out

So the car sat for a long time.. and now its cold and stalling... suspect condensation in the fuel is a possibility, maybe try one of those water removers from Autozone. If the car sat for a long time with like less than a half tank, that condensation would have built up and then frozen, and its possible that when you got the car warmed up it it melted and got into your gas.