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Ok so i bought this car about a month ago for 500 bucks.
My friend was gonna buy the car last year for 1900.. It ran fine and so he went to buy it a week later it wouldnt start..
I had a feeling it was a fuel problem cause when i poured some fuel in the intake it started right up but then died shortly after so he decided he didnt want to deal with it.
A Year later i see the car still in the same spot and knocked and asked if they were still selling it and they said yeah i could have it for 500 bucks so i got it.
I had drove it when it was running and knew it would be well worth it if i got it running again..
So I had it towed to my house, jumped the battery and would ya know it started right up....
So i changed all the fluids and did some work to it.
...
For the last few weeks i had been replacing some rusted trans lines and a rusted radiator coolant pipe and doing some body work on rust and clear coat problems...
Finnally I got plates and registered it and got insurance on it and figured id drive it instead of my mustang....(HA alot better on gas)
I drove it for a few days and then yesterday all of a sudden i went to start it and it wouldnt start.... It just cranked like before and i knew that the problem had come up again...
I changed the relay, it was good, the pump was running, thats good, so just for the hell of it i got under the car and just kinda fiddled around with the wire harness to the fuel pump and got up and cranked it over and it started right up..... Then I though " Oh i fixed it" but it happened again today and i did the same thing and it started right up....
But then i shut it off and it wouldnt start again,
So what im wondering is why it wont start but continues to run while the car is on without dieing..
It just doesnt make much sense to me so i could really use some help on this one....
Thanks guys.
My friend was gonna buy the car last year for 1900.. It ran fine and so he went to buy it a week later it wouldnt start..
I had a feeling it was a fuel problem cause when i poured some fuel in the intake it started right up but then died shortly after so he decided he didnt want to deal with it.
A Year later i see the car still in the same spot and knocked and asked if they were still selling it and they said yeah i could have it for 500 bucks so i got it.
I had drove it when it was running and knew it would be well worth it if i got it running again..
So I had it towed to my house, jumped the battery and would ya know it started right up....
So i changed all the fluids and did some work to it.
...
For the last few weeks i had been replacing some rusted trans lines and a rusted radiator coolant pipe and doing some body work on rust and clear coat problems...
Finnally I got plates and registered it and got insurance on it and figured id drive it instead of my mustang....(HA alot better on gas)
I drove it for a few days and then yesterday all of a sudden i went to start it and it wouldnt start.... It just cranked like before and i knew that the problem had come up again...
I changed the relay, it was good, the pump was running, thats good, so just for the hell of it i got under the car and just kinda fiddled around with the wire harness to the fuel pump and got up and cranked it over and it started right up..... Then I though " Oh i fixed it" but it happened again today and i did the same thing and it started right up....
But then i shut it off and it wouldnt start again,
So what im wondering is why it wont start but continues to run while the car is on without dieing..
It just doesnt make much sense to me so i could really use some help on this one....
Thanks guys.