Hi, i am now having a new problem with my car. I had responded in someone else's post but it was getting cluttered. I have searched countless hours the last 2 days on this also.
I was driving down the road and i lost all power. Hitting the gas gave me even less power. So i coasted to a stop and popped the hood. Noticed the distributor was a little loose somehow so i lined up the timing marks and tightened it back down. The car will start but its real rough and idles in a chugging style till it dies again. When my friend towed me home i started it when we got back to my place and it started and idled fine, but would not rev. now its back to starting for 5 seconds of roughness and dying. I disconnected the line at the fuel filter and fuel came squirting out pretty hard then stopped after a couple seconds. turning over the motor for a second makes it squirt fuel out again. So it SEEMS to be getting fuel, but is it enough? Air filter is new, no vaccum lines appear faulty. The car will crank over all day long so i don't think its the charging system or starter. I have NO check engine light on either, which baffles me. tried pulling the fuel pump fuse and starting it, then putting the fuse back in. Didn't work, but not sure i did it right. Tried the pedal to the floor while cranking also, didn't work. There seems to be a smell of gas that smells kinda old everytime i crank the car. however i don't see any leaks anywhere. Has new spark plugs. No oil in the dist. cap. rotor also seems clean and in good shape along with the dist. cap. Wires seem to be new and are making solid connections. I'm really out of ideas and i dont have any money to take it to a shop. Any ideas or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.
I was driving down the road and i lost all power. Hitting the gas gave me even less power. So i coasted to a stop and popped the hood. Noticed the distributor was a little loose somehow so i lined up the timing marks and tightened it back down. The car will start but its real rough and idles in a chugging style till it dies again. When my friend towed me home i started it when we got back to my place and it started and idled fine, but would not rev. now its back to starting for 5 seconds of roughness and dying. I disconnected the line at the fuel filter and fuel came squirting out pretty hard then stopped after a couple seconds. turning over the motor for a second makes it squirt fuel out again. So it SEEMS to be getting fuel, but is it enough? Air filter is new, no vaccum lines appear faulty. The car will crank over all day long so i don't think its the charging system or starter. I have NO check engine light on either, which baffles me. tried pulling the fuel pump fuse and starting it, then putting the fuse back in. Didn't work, but not sure i did it right. Tried the pedal to the floor while cranking also, didn't work. There seems to be a smell of gas that smells kinda old everytime i crank the car. however i don't see any leaks anywhere. Has new spark plugs. No oil in the dist. cap. rotor also seems clean and in good shape along with the dist. cap. Wires seem to be new and are making solid connections. I'm really out of ideas and i dont have any money to take it to a shop. Any ideas or a point in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.