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'89 vette stalled
I gave it a little extra gas and at next red light it stalled out. I tried not pressing gas pedal but it would not stay running. I tried letting it sit for about 15 minutes. I tried holding gas pedal to floor. I tried taking off and putting back on positive battery cable. It acted like it was flooded but the last time I tried to start it, it would not even connect. Good battery! Brake light was on. I did gas it a little right after starting car before my brakes make this noise, which it has always done, (going from reverse to drive) which I know nothing about. Starter is good also! Only thing I know to try is a spare passkey. It asks like it is not getting any fuel basically, Any help is greatly appreciated as I will have to have it towed by the morning if not started. Thanks!
Mike |
RE: '89 vette stalled
Fuel filter is my first guess. :eek:
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RE: '89 vette stalled
Any idea where my fuel filter is located and what I might need to change (for example a fuel filter wrench and mayby a 1/2 or 9/16 open end wrench. Thanks!
Mike |
RE: '89 vette stalled
You may be able to find the filter along one of the frame rails. Also check on the fuel line under the hood. You may have one in both places. A 7/16 and a screw driver is all ya need, as I recall. Take a 1/2 and 9/16 under with ya too, just in case. I have been known to be wro...uh,.....mistaken, before. :D
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RE: '89 vette stalled
ORIGINAL: C3 Starship You may be able to find the filter along one of the frame rails. Also check on the fuel line under the hood. You may have one in both places. A 7/16 and a screw driver is all ya need, as I recall. Take a 1/2 and 9/16 under with ya too, just in case. I have been known to be wro...uh,.....mistaken, before. :D I think a fuel pressure check is in order here, mrg... There's 3 conditions under which pressure should be checked. They're in this article, somewhere (7 pages)... https://www.corvetteforums.com/m_37283/tm.htm EDIT!!! If you do pull the filter before doin' a pressure check, NOTE FOR FUEL PRESSURE WHEN YOU UNSCREW THE FILTER. YOU WILL GET ALOT OF FUEL SPRAYED OUT, INSTEAD OF A DRIBBLE, IF YOU HAVE GOOD PRESSURE. I still suggest a fuel pressure check first, as per the article. |
RE: '89 vette stalled
Well the fuel filter didn't fix it. I could blow thru the old one. Anyway, there was a little fuel pressure but very little and only for a second then just a dribble of gas when changing filter so maybe a fuel pressure check is in order. Any idea what a garage may charge me, if I have it towed in, to check and fix fuel pressure. Vette has a lot of battery and starter power but just winding instead of connecting at start-up. It asks just like it is out of gas. Amazing, I was just driving down the road and it died. Any suggestions or prices that anyone may have is greatly appreciated because I have to have it towed in the morning as it is in someones parking structure. Thanks again!!
Mike PS It was very hard pushing the vette uphill with cowboy boots on. |
RE: '89 vette stalled
....MISINFORMED! Never wrong; just "someone told me wrong". Right C3;)
...or they ms'pelled it. :) |
RE: '89 vette stalled
ORIGINAL: mrg404 Well the fuel filter didn't fix it. I could blow thru the old one. Anyway, there was a little fuel pressure but very little and only for a second then just a dribble of gas when changing filter so maybe a fuel pressure check is in order. Any idea what a garage may charge me, if I have it towed in, to check and fix fuel pressure. Vette has a lot of battery and starter power but just winding instead of connecting at start-up. It asks just like it is out of gas. Amazing, I was just driving down the road and it died. Any suggestions or prices that anyone may have is greatly appreciated because I have to have it towed in the morning as it is in someones parking structure. Thanks again!! Mike PS It was very hard pushing the vette uphill with cowboy boots on. I think you should do it yourself tho'. EDIT: If you do go to a mechanic, don't tell him you swapped the filter. See how long it takes him to say "change it". |
RE: '89 vette stalled
Re-readin' here there, mrg, I'm a little confused...
ORIGINAL: mrg404 I gave it a little extra gas and at next red light it stalled out. I tried not pressing gas pedal but it would not stay running. I tried letting it sit for about 15 minutes. I tried holding gas pedal to floor. I tried taking off and putting back on positive battery cable. It acted like it was flooded but the last time I tried to start it, it would not even connect. Good battery! Brake light was on. I did gas it a little right after starting car before my brakes make this noise, which it has always done, (going from reverse to drive) which I know nothing about. Starter is good also! Only thing I know to try is a spare passkey. It asks like it is not getting any fuel basically, Any help is greatly appreciated as I will have to have it towed by the morning if not started. Thanks! Mike |
RE: '89 vette stalled
Before I took of old fuel filter I pepressed the valve stem looking device on top of engine, that I was told would release fuel pressure. Maybe that is why there was just a little pressure when I unscrewed old filter. Anyway, the best I could come up with, seeing as I have no time to work on it myself, is to have it towed to garage and put on computer test. Any other ideas are welcome. Thanks!
Mike |
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