Goldie
12-31-2006, 10:21 PM
so I went to start my car this afternoon, and it started a little rough then died before I put it in gear. Turned it again and could not get it to start - acting like it's getting no fuel. currently have 3/4 tank of gas. Checked the fuses and relays for the fuel pump and all were good.
At the time, I was parked in a driveway that's pretty steep, so thinking back to the pre-fuel pump recall from a couple years ago, remembered that was one of the things that made a bad pump act up... so rolled out into the street, and tried again. Pretty much did the same thing again. acted like it was on the verge of starting, but not getting enough (if any) fuel. did this for about 30 minutes or so. (LOVE my optima battery by the way :biggrin:) for lack of any other ideas at the time, my brother-in-law decided to try some old GMC fuel pump fix :rofl: pounded on the fuel tank in the general area of the pump. After that it acted like it was closer to starting, but still no. So we decide to push it back into the drive way (backed in).
Figured I'd try it one more time after it was back in the drive way and it finally did start. drove home the 30 miles or so, and it ran perfectly.
any ideas?
oh - and I did have the recall done, but since it was having fuel pump issues, it was changed out right when the notice came out, with the same as the original, instead of waiting for the redesigned pump to come out a couple months later. so... believe if it is the pump, it would still fall under that recall. (?) is Fett ever still around?
edit: also, have not had any other signs of anything wrong lately, and once it did start, there was no CEL (dont know if it'd pick up on a bad fuel pump or other fuel system issue).
At the time, I was parked in a driveway that's pretty steep, so thinking back to the pre-fuel pump recall from a couple years ago, remembered that was one of the things that made a bad pump act up... so rolled out into the street, and tried again. Pretty much did the same thing again. acted like it was on the verge of starting, but not getting enough (if any) fuel. did this for about 30 minutes or so. (LOVE my optima battery by the way :biggrin:) for lack of any other ideas at the time, my brother-in-law decided to try some old GMC fuel pump fix :rofl: pounded on the fuel tank in the general area of the pump. After that it acted like it was closer to starting, but still no. So we decide to push it back into the drive way (backed in).
Figured I'd try it one more time after it was back in the drive way and it finally did start. drove home the 30 miles or so, and it ran perfectly.
any ideas?
oh - and I did have the recall done, but since it was having fuel pump issues, it was changed out right when the notice came out, with the same as the original, instead of waiting for the redesigned pump to come out a couple months later. so... believe if it is the pump, it would still fall under that recall. (?) is Fett ever still around?
edit: also, have not had any other signs of anything wrong lately, and once it did start, there was no CEL (dont know if it'd pick up on a bad fuel pump or other fuel system issue).