Wal-Mart killed my Altima! - Page 2

Captain Obvious · Dec 23rd, 2005, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by myoung

WALMART? that was your first mistake

good point
I wanted a job at wal-mart in there tire lube place and guess what,
after talking with the service manager and him telling me that there was no such thing as a crush washer on a drain plug I thought ummm nope I dont want to be around this type of crap

Shifter · Dec 29th, 2005, 02:05 AM

check the fuel filter, and the throtle cable/idle controller too

KraZThug · Dec 29th, 2005, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by gfriedman

They prbably flooded the engine trying to start it. Who knows - maybe they broke a connector while monkeying around with your car. That's why I never let anyone work on mine.

Why'd you reset the computer is your MIL light on??

LoL sorry but you can't flood a fuel injected engine. maybe if it was carburator.
The Fuel Presure Selinoid most have gone bad, i didn't bother to read the whole thread but just disconect the fuel line from the fuel rail and have someone turn the key in the on position while doing this be very carefull. point the hose/line toward the ground through your engine bay when you turn the key to the on position the gas pump is supposed to turn on, then gas should be coming right out of that line. If you get nothing, still try to crank the car, if you still dont get any fuel out the line check weather the pump is coming on or not. You can send DC current to the pump and make it work by passing any sensor. if it works with direct curent probably your fuel presure selinoid is gone bad.

KraZThug · Dec 29th, 2005, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by nucferr

I can tell you that in Sept I stopped at a gas station to fill up my 1994 Altima. After filling it up I started it up and as soon as I accelerated it died. I had 125K miles on it with no other problems. I only had about 20K on a tune up. The way it sounded I would have swore it was a fuel problem.

After towing it to a repair shop I tried to start it again (as soon as it came off of the tow truck) and it started right up. I had the mechanic check it out and he found the EGR valve not working (leaking by) so I had that replaced.

About 20 days later (the car was running ok) the car left my wife at a traffic light. By now I had read this forum and everyone was talking about oil in the distributor. I HAD pulled the distributor cap and everything looked new. Even the mechanic said he did not find any oil in the distributor. I had already purchase electrical contact cleaner (just in case) for the sensor in the distributor. Anyway I was able to push the car to a safe place and now with it disabled I would be able to definately find the problem. First thing I did was pull the dist cap. I don't know if I just did not see it before but this time I saw a "half" cover on the bottom of the inside of the distributor (yes I call myself stupid). I pulled the half cover AND AT LEAST A PINT of oil ran out. I sprayed the sensor with the contact cleaner, reinstalled the interior cover and distributor cap and the beast ran fine.

I SAY LOOK AT YOU DISTRIBUTOR first as mine let me down with no warning.

PS wife had enough and I sold the car. The individual work swith me and I explained everything. He drove it for about 3 weeks while he purchase a new distributor. He has replaced the distributor and no more issues.

Very common on the 94's i had one it happend the same shit. Maybe thats their problem, a bad distributor.

ssaemployee777 · Jan 8th, 2006, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by 1994redaltimase

yeah, you read the title correctly. I took my car into the local Wal-Mart Tire and Lube on ......connection. Thanks.

Check for oil in the distributor. Wal-Mart probably overfilled the oil (check the dipstick) and now the oil is getting into the distributor due to bad o-ring. The problem with the o-ring was not showing up before becuase the oil level may have been low. Let us know if this is the problem.

Thanks

spccarstens · Jan 9th, 2006, 01:01 AM

the spark plugs sit in a VERY deep sleeve. some times the spark plug wires don't make a perfect seal (at the top of the valve covers) and stuff (such as oil) some times runs in there. That will throw your timming off and make it look like a miss-fire (on computers). Fist pull each spark plug wire out and make shure that there is nothing in there.

gfriedman · Jan 9th, 2006, 10:46 AM

Oil change at Walmart??? What were you thinkin?