potatonet 0 Posted September 1, 2004 So recently I have been having trouble starting my car and sometimes I would have aloss of HP, ok so well today I start the thing and it once again has trouble turning over, so I get it out of my driveway with little/no gas being applied, so when I get to the edge of my Drieway I let the clutch out for first gear and the thing almost stalled on me, even though I was pressing the gas pedal. I had a full tank of gas as well. so then I high rev first gear so that it will go, it goes. till I get to the stop sign about 20 feet from my house, then I get to go again, well I press the gas and let the clutch out again and it does the same thing, I then have to press the clutch add more gas, the revs and this point climb very slowly, about 1000rpms in 5 seconds, then I let the clutch out, drops in power to the point where it almost stall again but doesnt, then I get the BIGGEST Surge in power cause I have it floored, that I have ever felt in the car, it shot up to 6000 RPMS like nothing cause thats how it normally works, then it drops back down to 3200 veryt quickly while I am still floored, then it does it again, 2 times, till it decided to fully work and, now I have a clonking noise in my trunk area, have had it for a while, its over by the gas filler, not the fuel pump, anyone got anything on this. the car will have dead HP spots sometimes as well Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatonet 0 Posted September 2, 2004 This is why I dont think that my ignition switch is smoked, is my fuel pump smoked, cause I dont know what the clunking noise is. only happens at 2100 rpms, and 1200 rmps, yes wierd coincidence on the numbers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatonet 0 Posted September 2, 2004 Also, the gas pedal has a different feel to it sometimes. It will be hard to push every once in a while. I know this means vacuum leak somewhere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supercharged 2 Posted September 2, 2004 Also, the gas pedal has a different feel to it sometimes. It will be hard to push every once in a while Change the cable and check the butterfly moves freely Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
potatonet 0 Posted September 3, 2004 ok so I replaced the ignition switch because the car wouldnt go when I turned the key at the DMV(department of motor vehicles). The car will now attempt to start up all the time but wont always start like before. there is a knocking noise in the gas tank area, did something break off, I dont know. has anyone ever had the alternate fuel pump fail and break off? I am gonna rip that section out tomorrow and see what happens, I hope my car doesnt blow up like it did on my arm before. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites