CAR WON'T START!

[AcidDrag0n]

I don't know whats wrong. I was driving no more than about 3 minutes and all of the sudden the car shuts off. I noticed the service engine light came up right before it went off. I pulled into a gas station that i was close to (thank god). I tried starting it up. it started, then died. tried again.... it startd then died. I put some gas in it. started, then died. I keep hearing a hissing/poping noise everytime it shuts off. Anyone know?

[ January 26, 2003: Message edited by: AcidDrag0n ]</p>

[Pathogen]

Okay, I'll admitt, I was stumped so I brought out the bible (my Haynes manual).

I previously had a vacuum link melt on my 3.4 - but it stil ran. So here's what the bible has to say.

(P 0-18, section 7)
<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Engine Stars by stops immediately
1. Loose or damaged wiring in the ignition system.
2. Intake manifold vacuum leaks. Make sure all mounting bolts/nuts are tight and all cacuum hoses connected to the manifold are attached properly and in good condition.
<hr></blockquote>

Go over the vacuum lines on top of your engine. Mine actually collapsed and was fixed by removing the collapsed section. We used a spare peice of vacuum line to join everything back together.

Best of luck!

[AcidDrag0n]

Car is fixed now. we had to take it to the dealership :( . They found a loose ground wire somewhere in the engine compartment that was causing it to shut down. i'm not really sure where . Then they said I needed new brakes so i got a new brake job. Then I got some new tires :D . All together it was around $700 for everything

[nino]

the bible was right on the money with that loose cable.