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Ok the latest..... This morning we went out to try and start the car. It started right up and died after chugging for a little bit. We then had to push the car over onto a paved area so we could get it jacked up. My husband changed out the fuel filter. Both pumps activate when we turn the key into the on position. Fuel filter is brand new. ( boy was it dirty )...... then we had a battery issue of totally dead battery so went and replaced the battery. NOTE The original battery that was in the car when it didn't start the first time was bad so we used one that had been sitting awhile had it charged but its no good either. SO>>>>>>>>>>> brand new battery, brand new fuel filter. The car will start but chugs itself out. Tomorrow we will be pulling all the spark plugs and cleaning and the injectors. We're thinking that the lights being flashed may have caused an electrical surge with the bad battery thus causing the fuel filter to clog up ( as car chugs better then it did ) and now the injectors are fouled? Give me more ideas guys!
Bottom line : Car starts it chugs along for a few seconds then dies.
We have borrowed parts from a car that we know runs. It is not the fuel pressure regulator, air mass meter, fuel filter or fuel pump under the car, cap and rotor we replaced yesterday, brand new fuel ignition relay ( the white one that is under the glove box ) All fuses look good no broken fuses.
Initially husband was driving down the hwy he flashed his lights at someone the car quit but came back as he turned the lights back on so very quick loss of power. ( at this point he had that bad battery in the car ) He then continued driving it for another 30 miles, went to daughters house, jumped in started right up and drove a good 40 miles back home in the dark so the headlights were on with no issues. Somewhere either on the way in or out he got gas but he can't remember. The following morning the car started its I don't want to keep running issue.
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