I start my car in park or neutral and it runs fine, as soon as I put it in reverse or drive it stalls out. If I rev while in neutral and drop into
drive I can get it to drive but then it stalls out as I come to a stop.
Any ideas what it could be?JawnDiablo - 5-22-2010 at 08:09 AM
overall it could probably stand a tune up: new plugs, rotor, distributer cap, fuel filter, air filter.
i have had this issue with a few cars back in the day.
all chevys and pontiacs.
there's also something called an idle control sensor that can cause this when it goes afoul.
but I would at least do a basic tune up, and some STP fuel treatment, maybe fuel injector cleaner too.
all that should come cheap, and if you get a spark plug gapper, you can do it all yourself for under $75 with a philips head screwdriver and a basic
ratchet set.XnMeX - 5-22-2010 at 08:39 AM
I am trying to locate my fuel filter and not having any luck finding the little fucker...
***nevermind, found it***XnMeX - 5-22-2010 at 11:37 AM
It was the fuel filter. Just got done putting in the new one. I can swap parts if I know what is wrong but I am beyond clueless when it comes to
diagnosing a problem.
Should I get any aditives or anything for my car?JawnDiablo - 5-22-2010 at 11:44 AM
never hurts to run some fuel injector cleaner thru it.
now that i think of it, replacing the fuel filter did the trick when i had that problem in one of my cars.
ha yeah the fuel filter can be either along the frame rails underneath or on the firewall under the hood. XnMeX - 5-22-2010 at 12:15 PM
Yeah, it was hiding in the wheel well area of the rear drivers side tire.XHonusWagnerX - 5-22-2010 at 09:38 PM
sorry my friend Chris wasnt more helpXnMeX - 5-23-2010 at 07:16 AM
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Originally posted by XHonusWagnerX
sorry my friend Chris wasnt more help
No problem. It is not easy to diagnose car problems just from a text description i'm sure...
