skippy

My girls car is an 2003 Mustang V6 convertible.

Sunday, on the way home from Riverview to St. Petersburg, the car stalled in our driveway. I say stalled, cause I cant think of any other term for it.

We made it all the way out to our apartment in St. Pete, and when we stopped in the parking spot, it started to shake and sputter. No engine codes or lights on the dash came up. Put the car in neutral (its an automatic) revved the engine, but it felt like it was dying.

So I shut it off, tried to start it again, it turned over, ran a few seconds a died just as the low fuel light came on...there is 1/4 tank of gas left in there.

Now it just cranks but wont fire up.

If the fuel pump bad? I replaced the fuel filter a lil over 1 year ago. The most recent work done to the car was a new passenger side header, new spark plugs, new injectors, and new spark plug wires.

Also, how hard is it to replace the fuel filter, and where can I get just the pump, instead of the whole assembly?

skippy

I checked the inertia fuel cut-off switch behind the rear drivers taillight, and it was not tripped...

Stinkin Lincoln

maybe idle air control valve.

Duceanahalf

if the IAC is bad it will not want to idle, but if you push the pedal down at all it will run fine.

Hurstmeister

Water in the gas.


Hurst

racingrick

check the fuel pressure.
could very well be the fuel pump. do you have spark?

basicly takes two things to run any engine, fuel and fire.

GNs-r-slow

^^^ Add one to your list..... air. I'd start with a fuel pressure test as well

EFI-Unlimited

+1 for the pump.

A quick test would be to locate the schrader valve on the fuel rail, and while cranking, press the valve open, and see if it sprays under pressure or not.

FYI, you usually can hear the fuel pump running too. It will run for 2 seconds after...
1. Key on power up
2. The last ignition trigger from the crank sensor.
... then shut off.

Brian
EFI-Unlimited

GNs-r-slow

be sure you wear some safety glasses