Re: car won't run

On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 17:26:00 -0100, "DB" left Mt Vesuvius in a state of jealous awe as he began spewing from the mouth thusly:

After it cuts out one you can you just let it sit a few minutes and then it runs ok again for a few minutes? If so then maybe you're building up a vacuum in your gas tank and it's starving the fuel pump. Try running with the cap on loosely or right after it cuts out run up front and open the cap and listen to hear if you can hear a rush of air entering the tank. Or you might have some trash in the line like I did. Remove the fuel line from the inlet side of the fuel pump and drain your gas tank, then remove it and clean it out and blow some compressed air through the line while you're at it to clear it out.

Thanks everybody, looks like I have an good afternoon of dinking around, fortunately nothing too technically serious or financially serious. - DB

DB, In my experiences a choke will give you a problem within the first 5 minutes, usually in the first 2. It sounds to me like perhaps your coil is shot. A cold ignition coil will work fine but will short out when it warms up. After your car kills immediately get out and put your hand on the coil. If it's really hot, change it. Easy to check and cheap to change. Charles