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My Brother has a pontiac grand-am with the 3300 engine and it has 260,000 miles on it with no rebuild. its been a great reliable car for him.
One day, he drove to work(about a 40 minute drive) when he got to the town of his employment, he filled up with 'regular gasoline'. He proceeded to work, put his time in, and drove home and parked his car.
The next morning, it will not start. It sort of sounded like a fuel issue so we drained some fuel at the fuel rail, and found water separating out of it... we also checked fuel pressure:35 to 40 psi. we used 'heat' to dissolve the water into the 'gasoline', and the engine spit and sputtered then died every time we tried to start it. after doing this several times we stood back and thought a little while...
Dad:How long has it been since you checked your oil?
Brother:I don't know
(that's a typical response from him :annoyed :annoyed :annoyed :annoyed )
well to sum it up, it ended up being three quarts low:eek it only holds 5 quarts!
So, I don't think its a fuel quality issue now. the problem is that when we try to start it now, it will run strong for about 9 seconds then just die. this sounds like a bad sensor to me... but I have no clue
any suggestions?
One day, he drove to work(about a 40 minute drive) when he got to the town of his employment, he filled up with 'regular gasoline'. He proceeded to work, put his time in, and drove home and parked his car.
The next morning, it will not start. It sort of sounded like a fuel issue so we drained some fuel at the fuel rail, and found water separating out of it... we also checked fuel pressure:35 to 40 psi. we used 'heat' to dissolve the water into the 'gasoline', and the engine spit and sputtered then died every time we tried to start it. after doing this several times we stood back and thought a little while...
Dad:How long has it been since you checked your oil?
Brother:I don't know
(that's a typical response from him :annoyed :annoyed :annoyed :annoyed )
well to sum it up, it ended up being three quarts low:eek it only holds 5 quarts!
So, I don't think its a fuel quality issue now. the problem is that when we try to start it now, it will run strong for about 9 seconds then just die. this sounds like a bad sensor to me... but I have no clue
any suggestions?