PonyTamr

My car has ran hard all fall/winter when it was chilly out, well today it was pretty warm and it seemed my car keeps dying, it did this last fall when we had a warm day? but runs perfect in the cold, my tempature gage reads about 190 degrees, i just put 25 dollars in gas in it and some fuel injection cleaner, i changed the oil yesterday.
The car ran good most of the day but as i was pulling into my drive way it sputtered and died and i drifted into my drive way, tried to start the car but it wouldnt, so i put the t-tops back on and checked the engine, it wasnt leaking anything, didnt seem hot, shut the hood and tried to start it up.
It started and i pulled into my drive way better, but then i sat there and let it run and it started idling very rough, then died and check gages came on, i donno if this was because it was dead but the battery read alittle under 13 so i donno?

Also, there is no SES light.
Anyone have a clue?

PonyTamr

more info:

let the car sit for about 2 hours, went down and it started up fine, idled for about 2 minutes with no issues.

Could this be a thermostat problem and its over heating and my temp gage just reads low?

If it was full injectors like my friend thought, I don't belive it would start up after sitting like it did.

ANY help would be useful

CRAGER

How many miles since you last changed your fuel filter?

And do you have ANY lights (SES or CHECK ENGINE) when the car is on?

Peace,
Craig.

PonyTamr

no lights on when car is running, about 4,000 miles since last fuel filter change, if that.

Me and my friend tried to see what this could be, took a trip in the car to the local mall and back home, that sbaout 14 miles both ways and car ran fine, didnt really hit any stop lights tho but it only seems this is happening at idle.

autotrix

iTrader: (5)

Check and or clean your T/B and MAF; also check your battery terminal connections.

Your coolant sensor for the PCM might be faulty, messing up your fuel trim.
Good luck

PonyTamr

Would EITHER of these only happen on hot days? Im no expert but my friend brought this up aswell and I didnt even bother looking because it doesnt make since that it would only occur when its hot outside.

How can i check this

LS1 Terror

i had that happen to me when i put some bad gas and the car just basically didnt turn on anymore

PonyTamr

actually i only get gas at the only good gas station we have, everything else makes my car run like **** but it doesnt make it act like this.

PonyTamr

Took the car to a shop today, Im out of ideas, hopefully they can find something wrong with it.

krayzie7th

let us know what it was.

PonyTamr

Will do, hopefully its ntohing big cus im broke! lol

PonyTamr

WOW im absolutly livid right now, i TOLD hte guy, this only happened when the car has been ran throughout the day pretty hard, and stopped once the car cools off, this dude, turned the car on, let it idle for 10 minutes on a cold day today and then charged me 15 dollars lift fee, because "it ran beautifully" the mother ****** wasted my gas, and my time, when i damn well know theirs something wrong with it, and i told him, when i handed him my keys, it only happens when its been ran. uhg

krayzie7th

well that freaking sucks.