Tag: fuel pumps

This Ranger has thrown Robert a curveball

Your gas tank is likely crud-free.

Growling Jetta is probably not happy with its leak test pump

Trips out of the suburbs cause this Suburban to stall. Checking fuel pressure might isolate the culprit.

This Honda's odyssey through the Black Hills was cut short by a mysterious stalling issue. The culprit might be an easy fix.

Mike's truck wouldn't start and a mechanic of a mechanic passing by suggested he hit the fuel-pump with a hammer while someone else tried to start the car. Can Car Talk explain why this method works and whether he still needs to replace the fuel-pump?

Annie's soon-to-be husband is perfect except for one unnerving habit: he refuses to fill up before the gas light comes on. Annie has heard that coasting into the station on fumes can be bad for the fuel pump. Can Tom and Ray help her make her case? 

I drive an art car named Ophelia. She is a 91' Honda Accord with 250,000 miles on her. When I bought her, 11 years ago, the man I purchased her from said, "Oh and sometimes she won't start if it's hot out."...

So ... I'm pretty sure my ex put sugar in my gas tank. I'm positive about the sugar; can't prove that he did it. But he's crazy, and this happened the first night I had gone out on the town and...