Re: Fuel pump?

["Casey Webster" <tinfool@home.com>]

> when i hit a quarter of a tank (seems almost exactly) the car will
hesitate
> for a bit then run fine.  then with further driving under 1/4 tank, it
will
> evenly hesitate again horribly...to the point were you have the car
floored
> and nothing happens...then it gets gas, accelerates, then no more gas

My car does this exact same thing occasionally.  When I first got the car
last spring I changed cap, rotor, spark plugs and fuel filter.  After I did
that, it only happened maybe once all summer, but in the fall, it came back.
I changed the fuel filter again, but that didn't fix it.

> for a while until it happens again...the cycle repeats.  also it will
> hesitate at times under hard acceleration (even with like 3/4 tank) when
> shifting into 4th and 5th gear, or down-shifting into 4th(not as often).

Mine isn't this bad.....my car does it only when I'm accelerating hard in
2nd or 3rd gear

> and finally the biggest PITA is during traffic jams when the car gets warm
> (with nearly full tank) which i don't know how this would affect the
in-tank
> fuel pump, since only the engine gets hot.  i'm guessing the all started
> when i nearly ran it out of gas a while back,

if you ran out of gas, you should start by changing the fuel filter.

but not sure since the systoms
> didn't start immediately following that.  although they have gotten
> progressively worse.  so what should i be looking for?  TIA!

I'll change the cap and rotor again soon and see if that helps.  I also have
a new fuel pump sitting in my garage, I will probably install it sometime
this week (whenever I get done all this homework and these exams)  and see
what happens.  I'll let you know if any of these solve the problem

Casey
84 Roc




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