Okay so I've had this problem for a while now, never really bothered me too much it would only do it putting it into 2nd gear and flooring it. I have no idea what the problem is, the car just seems to lose power and does it pretty violently. I'll be on the gas and the car will sputter really bad, it feels like I would slam on the breaks for about .1 seconds and then keep going, check engine light always flashes and then its fine. But now its started doing it on longer trips, I have to drive 80miles pretty often to get to drill for Air Guard and recently, its started to do it when I'm just at cruising speed on the highway, and it'll do it every 3-5minutes. But not until about an 40minutes to an hour of the drive. As far as I've been able to diagnose it, it seems to happen a lot more when the gas tank is below 1/4, so maybe there is some sediment or rust in the gas tank that's getting into the fuel line when the gas tank is empty. But I can't confirm that it only happens when I'm below 1/4, just a hunch I had since I started to try and diagnose it (not very long).
And it gets better, now, every time I shift my check engine light pops on for a millisecond and idles pretty rough. Last weekend, I was in Portland and as I was backing out of my parents drive way, the car just died. I thought I stalled it. But when I tried to start the car again, it wouldn't start. It would try, but wouldn't go. Then after about 5-10mins of trying to start it, I got tired of it and decided to pump the gas while trying to start it, it worked after a few tries but the car sounded like garbage and there was a second delay on RPM's going up (in neutral) when I pressed on the gas. About 10 more minutes of that and it started running fine. Drove off, car over heated. Then I got an over heating problem, it would over heat in about 2minutes at idle. I ended up replacing the fan clutch and water pump. Fixed that problem, but now I have the problem of a check engine light every time I shift. And losing my bolts for my hood, s.o.b.
Anyway, sorry for the wall of text. Any ideas anyone?
And it gets better, now, every time I shift my check engine light pops on for a millisecond and idles pretty rough. Last weekend, I was in Portland and as I was backing out of my parents drive way, the car just died. I thought I stalled it. But when I tried to start the car again, it wouldn't start. It would try, but wouldn't go. Then after about 5-10mins of trying to start it, I got tired of it and decided to pump the gas while trying to start it, it worked after a few tries but the car sounded like garbage and there was a second delay on RPM's going up (in neutral) when I pressed on the gas. About 10 more minutes of that and it started running fine. Drove off, car over heated. Then I got an over heating problem, it would over heat in about 2minutes at idle. I ended up replacing the fan clutch and water pump. Fixed that problem, but now I have the problem of a check engine light every time I shift. And losing my bolts for my hood, s.o.b.
Anyway, sorry for the wall of text. Any ideas anyone?
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