Hi, there's a serious problem with my lude (88 2.0S) and I was wondering if anyone could help me out. It started last spring; the car would randomly lose power around corners or off the line. It didn't happen very much but about 6 months ago it would start losing power and eventually stall when the fuel got below 1/2 a tank. The car would always start again after about 5 min of cranking and waiting. I thought I'd live with it as I didn’t have much money (student). Now the car is almost un-drivable because it stalls when the fuel gets close to the 3/4 full mark. I just barely made it home from college today; my lude stalled 4 TIMES IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC
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The problem is getting worse; my mechanic thinks air is being sucked into the gas line somewhere in or close to the fuel tank. Please post if you think you know what the problem could be. I don’t want to pay my mechanic 4 hours of shop time looking for something easily diagnosed. My fuel pump/filter was replaced at 231k, car currently at 256k.
Thanks for any help,
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The problem is getting worse; my mechanic thinks air is being sucked into the gas line somewhere in or close to the fuel tank. Please post if you think you know what the problem could be. I don’t want to pay my mechanic 4 hours of shop time looking for something easily diagnosed. My fuel pump/filter was replaced at 231k, car currently at 256k.
Thanks for any help,
See my garage for most of the cars history and specs