Car Shuts off After Getting Gas
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Car Shuts off After Getting Gas
stupid shit... every time I get gas, my car is extremely hard to start, and I have to pump the gas for a WHILE before it'll stay started... well last night, I had an almost empty tank, went and got gas, and less than 2 miles later, my whole fucking car shut off going down the road... the first time I tried to restart it, it cranked but wouldn't do anything. Several times after that, when I tried to start her back up, the car wouldn't do anything at all... so I sat there... and 20 minutes later, it started right up. The general concensus is fuel filter/fuel pump... any other options?
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Re: Car Shuts off After Getting Gas
you may have a short in your fuel pump. I'd run a check on that shit ASAP before you blow yourself up.
Either that or you have something in your gas tank that gets tossed up everytime you disturb it (dumping 10 gallons of gas into it) and it blocks the filter on your pump until it settles back down to the bottom of the tank (20 mins later).
Also, pop the filter off and check the color of your gas. There could very well be a major rust issue inside the tank.
Just my $.02
Either that or you have something in your gas tank that gets tossed up everytime you disturb it (dumping 10 gallons of gas into it) and it blocks the filter on your pump until it settles back down to the bottom of the tank (20 mins later).
Also, pop the filter off and check the color of your gas. There could very well be a major rust issue inside the tank.
Just my $.02
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Re: Car Shuts off After Getting Gas
Well the time that it did nothing doesn’t sound like it had to do with fuel. I would charge the battery, check your battery connections, and your starter connections to make sure you don’t get stranded one night.
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Re: Car Shuts off After Getting Gas
and have you inspected your engine main relay? if you take it off, you CAN pop the cover off to check for burn marks/carbon scoring on the circuit board and/or smell it for that 'burnt' smell.