The car will shut down while I am driving like it ran out of gas. When I try to start it back up, it will either crank, crank & crank without turning over. Or it will turn over but idling very low and barely keeping running (a straining to keep running idle).
I changed the fuel filter and that worked for about seven consecutive miles before it did the same thing again. I then left the car and went back a hour later. It started right up and I hightailed it home before it happened a third time.
It reminds me of an old lawnmower engine when it has been flooded. You have to wait until it airs out before you can re-start it.
I am also running the A.C. because the temperature here is now 110 degrees. Of course this means that I have to give the car more gas while I am driving. I am wondering if somehow I am flooding the engine by doing this.
1990 Crown Victoria LX (302 - 5.0)
What else could be wrong ?
I changed the fuel filter and that worked for about seven consecutive miles before it did the same thing again. I then left the car and went back a hour later. It started right up and I hightailed it home before it happened a third time.
It reminds me of an old lawnmower engine when it has been flooded. You have to wait until it airs out before you can re-start it.
I am also running the A.C. because the temperature here is now 110 degrees. Of course this means that I have to give the car more gas while I am driving. I am wondering if somehow I am flooding the engine by doing this.
1990 Crown Victoria LX (302 - 5.0)
What else could be wrong ?
Jun 6, 2013 at 9:14 AM
