I have a 1991 Pontiac 305 TBI automatic that recently began to die when slowing/stopping. I parked the car last October to begin body work on it, I drove it once/twice a month keep things moving and in shape. I started to drive it daily again last week, it is running great, mostly highway to and from work. It stalled on me when stopping last week. It started right back up no problems, I noticed my fuel gauge said 1/4 tank left. I drove the rest of the way home "pedaling" the throttle to keep it from dying when I was stopping. It drove fine all the way home except for stopping. I filled the tank the next day, cleaned my tbi. It seemed fine until today, I got to work stopped at a stop sign and it dies again the fule gauge was around 1/4 tank. started right back up and ran fine. My guage is not the issue it is reading correctly(based on the gallons at fill up time) Any thoughts? The car runs fantastic all other times, the fuel pump was replaced 5 months agao. Driving me crazy!
Thanks!
Scott - TheSnake16@hotmail.com

 

keep your fuel tank above 1/2 for 2 weeks and see if the problem "disappears"

if it does, guess what.........................you get to go back into the tank.

 

meaning bad pump? Thank you for the quick reply

 

nope, damaged tube, poor installation but your problem is inside the tank

again, no less than 1/2 tank for a couple weeks and see what happens


I bet you're glad that you fixed what the silly GM engineers ignored when they designed these cars. Now, you simply pull back the rug, undo the screws, remove the hatch and you're in.

You did create an access panel, didn't you?

 

my car came with one, which was poorly cut i might ad

 

I'd rather clean up the panel and make it pretty than drop the tank for a 2nd time.

Here's one tip. You get some thin wall rubber tubing, 1/2 inch is fine. You slice it down the middle and slide it over the edges of the hole. That is now your "gasket"


you get a piece of sheet metal and cut it larger than the hole, paint it a pretty color, drill some holes (be careful) and using small sheet metal screas you screw down the panel. You now have a tight seal thanks to the "gasket" and it doesn't look bad either.