I was driving home from work tonight, just after getting a full tank .....

car bogged pretty bad so i downshifted, when i put the clutch in, rpm's went to 0 put it in gear and came off the clutch, rpms back up.... so i was like :nervous: and pulled over, put the clutch in, again to 0 and the car hasnt started since :sad:

did a little roadside inspection, no fluids leakin, everything is connected, car isnt throwin any codes..... even changed the plug wires.

my friend - a tech at acura - said it sounds like bad gas. if not that then the main relay or fuel pump might be the problem. so, first thing tomorrow morn, ill be checkin that sheit.

anybody had a similar problem? let me know what it was....
TIA

 

by the way, i pulled the valve cover off and the timing belt is still there, in good shape

 

:dunno: Thats a first.

 

:thinking:

thanks for your .00000000002 h:

 

I had this exact thing happen to me many years ago with an old GMC pickup I had - turns out the fuel filter was clogged as hell. I mean, shit poured out like sand. A friend later told me never to buy gas at a place where the tanker truck was/had recently filled the tanks b/c it stirs up all the shit from the tanks and it gets sucked into the pumps and then into the car tank. So, check the fuel filter.

 

i just changed the filter last summer but while its off to check the fuel for shitty water.... id much rather have it be a shitty filter than bad gas. thanks for your help

 

fuel filter emptied brown but not sludge... changed it anyway.... it is gettin gas, i cant find a set of plug wires that fits right, if i ever do maybe the car will start....

 

got the wires, got em in.... also put in some new bosch platinums.... changed the distributor, rotor, and cap.... gettin a spark now.... gettin fuel... just not firing....

i have the plugs out right now lettin some of the fumes out cuz i think its probably flooded.... gonna give it a try before i go to bed...