Thread: Odd starting issues.

On Friday night I drove to the farm store, went in came back out. Started the car loaded the feed in the trunk, pushed the cart back and it was off. It would start for a second or so and rev up and die. After twenty minutes of this, I gave up, bummed a ride home.

On Saturday morning I went to tow it home. But it started right up and drove around the parking lot. So we shut it off went to another store came back and it was acting up again. So we loaded it up and took it home. Got it to the farm, and it started again; sat and idled again for probably 10 minutes, but than started to surge a little.

Now what is going wrong? Fuel pump? Fuel pressure regulator? ECM?

Pull the vac line off the fuel pressure regulator and see if it is leaking gas into the vac line.

Well I tried pulling the vacuum line, and got no gas out the top of the regulator, So I hooked up a fuel pressure gauge to the fuel rail. And the pressure and had about 40 psi. Is that where it should be at? Plus when I started the car it ran fine for about 10 minutes. Than it started to die.

Thats about right.

k. so whats my problem?

Anyone had this problem? I am wondering if it isn't a sensor thats on the fritz but I am not sure which one.

Any codes? Security light flashing?

no codes or security light. but I dont think it will stay running long enough to do a self test.

cps sensor?

Update: Replace the fuel pump, fuel filter, MAF and MAP. It finally runs, but now there is too much snow to drive it. I just cant get ahead.