OK so today is the first day of 2 month driving my car, started fine but 5 gal of gas in and about 1/4 a mile later it putterd and died. pushed it half a mile to a parking lot, opend the hoot, things looked fine, tryed again kept puttering. got a couple friends to look at it, said it was the filter, so i took of the chrome fuel thing on the side and replaced it with a new one, still not running. WHAT IS WRONG TELL ME!!! plus did i meantion i wasnt supposed to drive it so i need to home in the garage before my mom gets home, please help

 

I would start pushing it. It may be the fuel pump. Is it getting enough Fuel Pressure?

 

i pushed it into a parking lot which seemed solid and turned out to be half mud, so its kinda stuck

 

seriously?

 

check the fuel fuse under the hood on the passenger side near the battery.

 

what does it look like? my car is like a mile away so would be better to know other then just running there and not knowing and running back and saying soo ummm what does it look like

 

Im trying to remember if it would be in a carb model, if it is its a yellow 20 fuses with a red and a orange wires running to it and it should be mounted right above the battery,

 

the fuses are good then, checked every single fuse lol, i dont got lables on my fuse box so idk what fuse is which so i pulled them out 1 by 1

 

this fuse is not in the fuse box it by itself in the the engine bay not in the fuses under your dash on my 87 i was driving and is puttered and died and turned out all it was, was that fuse

 

is it like a black switch and has a long rod thing sticking out? like all hard black plastic?

 

here's a pic

 

umm brb im gonna see if i can find it on my car

 

Does it just crank and crank ? but wont start? could be a ignition control module.

 

didnt work, i found it to

 

so the fuse was good?

 

i could here it trying to start, just no fuel is getting transfered and sprayed, i think its a filter issure but were it is located

 

yes it was good, i replaced it with another 20 just incase and didnt do anything, the engine cranked over but no fuel

 

the only other thing i can think of is the vats, or the filter, sorry

 

what the heck are vats? and where is the filter located?

 

come on lilis im depending on you lol, you been with me this far now you gotta help finsih :P

 

IT WORKS AGAIN!!! me and my friend where pushing it and we had it in nutral and the fuel pump was primeing the whole time or w.e noise that is and then about half way i turned the key and it started up just fine, got the friend in the passenger, took him home and in my garage, then let it sit 10 minutes then turned it on and let it idel for 5 and it works great, any1 know what could of happend?

 

sorry bro i fell asleep vats is the vehicle anti-theft system that little resistor in your key gives a signal to allow the feul pump to send gas to the motor sometimes the mess up and it wont start then it does, there is a tech article on it you can check it out in case it happens again there is a way to bypass it so you dont have to worry about it anymore i have had 3 thirdgen and i have bypass all 3 of them im glad you got it working and the fuel filter is on the driverside under the car just behind the back seat floor. it could still be the vats just check that out