Fuel filter!!! I went through this same problem many times on my D and yesterday on my Z. The pump will get the system up to pressure but can not maintain it through a plugged filter. Andrei ----- Original Message ----- From: "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 12:36 PM Subject: RE: [DMCForum] totally off-topic question: 2000 Chevy Cavalier > I had a similar problem on a previous vehicle and it was a bad ignition > coil. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Farrar Hudkins [mailto:fhudkins@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 11:35 AM > To: DMCForum List > Subject: [DMCForum] totally off-topic question: 2000 Chevy Cavalier > > > Hi, gang! I'm back in town with another non-DeLorean post. :) But this > time it's important. > > A co-worker of mine has a problem with her car suddenly dying. At first > I thought it was an electrics problem but now I'm not so sure. > > Apparently, the car will lose power and die within a matter of thirty to > forty seconds, regardless of how long it has been driven, the > temperature outside, time of day, slope of road, etc. and sometimes it > will start up again right away, and sometimes it can be left for an hour > and still won't start. > > Here's what threw me: after sitting for half an hour, the engine was > still radiating quite a lot of heat, but the temperature gauge read > 190(F) before things went kaputsky. > > I'm trying to find a simple solution before she has to take it to the > Chevy dealer and pay too much for something easy (like a new alternator > or battery). Any ideas? > > Thanks. > > Kind regards, > Farrar in New Orleans > > -- > Farrar Hudkins > Announcer/Producer > 89.9 WWNO FM New Orleans / 90.5 KTLN FM Thibodaux-Houma > Live audio stream @ www.wwno.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=249982.3179269.4495679.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1524963/R=0/SIG=12ongbbsq/*http://hits.411web.com/cgi-bin/autore dir?camp=556&lineid=3179269?=egroupweb&pos=HM> <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=249982.3179269.4495679.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1524963/rand=960420340> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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