The Central Hub for DSM Community and Information

For 1990-1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse, Eagle Talon, Plymouth Laser, and Galant VR-4 Owners. This is where the DSM platform history is documented and archived. Log in to help us in our mission, and to remove most ads from the browsing experience.

Fuel Problems Please Read

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

costas14

15+ Year Contributor
489
0
Mar 7, 2008
quincy, Massachusetts
is the fuel pump udner the rear seat? i pulled all my spark plugs and there dry, but i do get a small odor of fuel from the head, i checked my oil, its kinda brown, my anti-freeze is green, and the oil i put in friday was mobil 1 synthetic with synthetic lucas oil stabilizer, no i was driving and my car died, and when i went to restart it, i had to do what i do to turn on my buddys wrecker, crank it and hit the gas ever so often and it turnt on, and idled at like100-200 rpm, now i believe this must be a fuel problem, the fuel line from the filter to the fuel rail, has lots of bubbles in it, i mean lots, so are my injectors now deciding not to open up or is it to flooded, if u crank it, it keeps rotating steaduily, now spark? im bymyself so i dont have anyone else to crank while i check
 
i have a snap on modis at my uncles shop, the checke engine was on before when my uncle was messing with my tps sensor
 
Update:

Scanned it with the snap on modis, i towed it last night to the shop, only code was tps which i knew already, engine is beyond flooded, were getting spark though, we cleaned the plugs up and got it going it was backfiring like crazy, and it turned on and then BOOOOOOOM, so im leaving the plugs out for a good 24-36 hours, and i got something to suck the gas out, im gonna drain the oil again and put in new oil, i bought new plugs so im gonna try that after i suck up all the gas, but my uncle thinks i might be getting too much gas, since when i was driving it, it did suck up a lot of gas in a short time, and if it doesnt start up tomorrow night, were gonna pull the timing apart and tdc it and see if it jumped, but from visually the belt is tight no scratches on it or any signs that it coulda jumped, wouldnt it have shredded or made some marks?
 
Add Value - Be Respectful - No Trolling - No Misinformation - Participate Often!
Support Vendors who Support the DSM Community

Build Thread Updates

Latest Classifieds

Back
Top