Ok guys, my '04 GT is down. I need to figure out what to do to fix it soon, as the GF isn't very happy with me having to use her car every day now.
Here's the symptoms and what happened...
Note: for a couple days before this happened, I was smelling a "burning plastic", or "burning electronics" smell after driving for a while...
Also, I was guilty of letting the car run low on gas for a few days before all this, so this is why I think it could be the fuel pump... As it suddenly started sputtering and acted like (if it were a piston engine) it went from 8 cylinders to 2 all of a sudden. Like the engine is struggling with no power at all. Check engine light flashing as of course; misfiring...
The car will start, but won't stay running unless I keep trying to give it gas. Will not idle... It just sputters out and dies.
Here's the codes I pulled:
P0300 -- Random/Multiple misfire detected
P0301 -- Cylinder 1 misfire detected
P0171 -- Fuel Trim too Lean (Bank 1)
So, could that "burning plastic" smell I was smelling, be the fuel pump getting hot and burning up (because I was running it low on gas)??
I don't have any kind of gauges to properly test the fuel pressure, but I did pull the line off of the top of the fuel pump, and it IS pushing out gas when the key is turned on... I could hold the pressure with my finger (btw, now the quick connect fitting is leaking, so that's another thing that needs to be fixed!)
Or should I start with something else like checking the Cats, or changing the plugs, wires, and coil packs? I think the latter are about 30k miles old.
Here's the symptoms and what happened...
Note: for a couple days before this happened, I was smelling a "burning plastic", or "burning electronics" smell after driving for a while...
Also, I was guilty of letting the car run low on gas for a few days before all this, so this is why I think it could be the fuel pump... As it suddenly started sputtering and acted like (if it were a piston engine) it went from 8 cylinders to 2 all of a sudden. Like the engine is struggling with no power at all. Check engine light flashing as of course; misfiring...
The car will start, but won't stay running unless I keep trying to give it gas. Will not idle... It just sputters out and dies.
Here's the codes I pulled:
P0300 -- Random/Multiple misfire detected
P0301 -- Cylinder 1 misfire detected
P0171 -- Fuel Trim too Lean (Bank 1)
So, could that "burning plastic" smell I was smelling, be the fuel pump getting hot and burning up (because I was running it low on gas)??
I don't have any kind of gauges to properly test the fuel pressure, but I did pull the line off of the top of the fuel pump, and it IS pushing out gas when the key is turned on... I could hold the pressure with my finger (btw, now the quick connect fitting is leaking, so that's another thing that needs to be fixed!)
Or should I start with something else like checking the Cats, or changing the plugs, wires, and coil packs? I think the latter are about 30k miles old.
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