Car problems!

LexKyB13 · May 25th, 2002, 12:40 PM

if anyone can help me, i would be GREATLY appreciative. anyway, today my car started dying. if i push in the clutch, it dies. i can keep it running by pumping the gas or popping the clutch. at about 2k rpm, it will run fine as long as i am not pushing on the gas much. i think it might be the fuel pump. i passed 100k yesterday, and maybe its that time? i don't know what the hell is going on. anyone who can help PLEASE! or if you live in lex ky, and you could possibly take a look at it, you would be the sh!t. TIA! ~mike

LexKyB13 · May 26th, 2002, 10:47 AM

22 views and nobody has an opinion, thanks.

samo · May 26th, 2002, 12:02 PM

Sorry, not many of us are mechanics. Take it to your friendly local Nissan mechanic and see what he thinks.

LexKyB13 · May 26th, 2002, 12:37 PM

sorry, don't have the money for that. it would be about 200 bucks.

barnoun · May 26th, 2002, 08:01 PM

I'd love to give some advice, but I don't even have a manual

b13nissan · May 27th, 2002, 12:03 PM

Does your car idle okay?

RiceBox · May 28th, 2002, 04:05 PM

Check all your vacuum hoses. When I had one crack, the engine would barely idle but above 2000 RPMs it ran fine. We have different engines but it is worth checking out and you can easily do it yourself.

LexKyB13 · May 28th, 2002, 05:32 PM

thanks, but the engine won't go above 2k rpm even if i floor it! black sh!t comes out the muffler, oh yeah, and it started smoking real bad earlier! this sucks, but i think its time for the sentra to go

RiceBox · May 28th, 2002, 08:08 PM

Just go to any mechanic. Doesn't have to be a Nissan dealer.

LexKyB13 · May 28th, 2002, 09:25 PM

the only mechanic here that i trust is about 150 to do a thorough breakdown. besides, i finally pinpointed my oil leaks...plural...rear main, backside of the head, AND the oil pump housing leaks somewhere. anyway, its time to get a new engine or get a new car. we'll see what the mechanics say. if you think you know what it is, i'm all ears.....TIA

00sentra · May 29th, 2002, 09:56 AM

I had the same problem with a Tempo, I replace the pump and fuel filter, replaced the valve cover gasket, payed to have the injectors directly cleaned, change a couple othe small part all did nothing, so in the end after I traded it in for my Nissan Sentra, I came to realize if anything my car wasnt getting the compresion it needed.

May 29th, 2002, 08:51 PM

sound like the catyletic converter is clogged

LexKyB13 · May 29th, 2002, 10:54 PM

the cat is only about 3 weeks old. the whole exhaust is about that old.

James · May 30th, 2002, 09:30 AM

if you have a vacume guage you can check to see if you have any leaks in your intake... that will answer a lot more questions.

DrastikMeasurez · May 30th, 2002, 09:37 AM

If ur blowing smoke out ur exhaust then it maybe the rings that are leaking oil and then the color of your smoke should be bluish, anyway if thats what it is and the smoke is black then ur cylinders might have to much shit in them and the burn isnt proper. U hould start be checking ur oil, then check all ur cables, wirs hoses and shit. And a 100k isnt alot for a nissan I have 3 with high miles, 125k, 117k, 90k, all run as good as the day I got them