Hi Everyone,



Well, a friend of mine called me this morining saying that he was stuck with his FD that he just bought about 2 weeks ago. He said it was driving fine and as he exited the Hwy it just shut down. He tried to start it a couple of times, but nothing. I took a ride over where he was at and checked all the basics. It was cranking slowy, between the freezing weather and trying to start it, the battery was dying. Anyway we ended up pulling it to his house. Any ideas of what the problem is?.. Has this happened to anyone else?... The FD is stock except for a cat back, with 84,000 miles on it.



TIA



Alex

 

I'd check compression then go from there I guess. Fuel, spark, etc..

 

It sucks we could'nt do much cause of the snow coming down, but those will be the top three to be checked.

 

he have gas? it's happened to the best of us



alternator? fuse?



if he had low compression it'd probably be cranking faster than normal, even with a low battery, so that's actually good news.

 

Hmmm.. I wonder.. Check the fuel, make sure the fuel pump is still working. WHen I blew my rear rotor out I could still start it and it would idle like crap. If it's not sputtering or anything, and it suddenly died completely, I'd be quick to check the fuel pump, then the ignitor.

 

on cold days like today.... the vac lines become like rocks.. and tend to slip off very easily... with that said... check the map sensor and make sure that there is still a vac line connected to it.

 

Yeah he has a full tank, and the vac lines are intact. I'm thinking it's the fuel pump. If so, then he's lucky cause I have an extra one. The weather isn't helping at all, if it wasn't snowing I woulod of changed it 6 hrs ago.

 

how did you narrow it down to the fuel pump?

 

i would definetly check the alternator that the first thing that came to mind for me

 

The almost same thing happened to a friend of mine, with a different car, but still. His car was running fine all the time, then he just stopped at a store and came out and randomly the car wouldnt start. It would crank but not turn over. Turns out it was the fuel pump.