Thread: Money Pit

Good Morning Everyone


My Wife's 2 DR Grand Prix 3.8L

Is turning into a money pit.

Last Thursday It shut off while driving, went to auto zone told me the battery was bad. So swapped out battery all week no issues problem resolved right? WRONG!

This morning my wife wakes me up and tells me her car keeps dying. I figured it was out of gas so went and bought fuel for the car. Still same issue. I can get the car running hit the accelerator it stays on, with it being idle it tends to die. I don't want to take to an auto shop can someone here tell me what's up?

Its a 2001, Just put a new vacuum sensor on it 2 weeks ago, a battery last week, new intake last summer, no mods, have not been able to get it to a scanner yet.

145k

Also No check engine light when the car dies the battery light and the oil light comes one

hey guys what about the fuel pump resistor? mine would do the same thing, all i did was bend my relay prong and put the pump in high mode i guess u can say never had a problem sense theres a pic floating around here which one it is and which prong to bend i wanna say prong number 85 off the top of my head but dont hold me to it.

well **** my gingers got ahead of my brain oh well, its there if need be

Well I'm thinking 2 things, hook up a multimeter to the alt and see the voltage and hopefully see 14-14.4 volts, and check the fuel pressure if no one has replaced the fuel filter it may cause the symptoms you are desribing.