04-23-2004, 02:30 AM
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AF Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Huntington Beach, California
Posts: 4
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93 z28 dies
Driving my '93 Z28 at 40 mph and the engine suddenly dies. It didn't sputter out, just quit. I pull to a stop and put it in park and try to start it....it cranks strongly but won't catch. Cranks and cranks but it won't start.
Since it just cut off, I suspect spark. The Optispark was replaced last June. Wires and connectors look good. ????
Any suggestions?
TIA.
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04-23-2004, 02:37 AM
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AF Fanatic
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Leonardtown, Maryland
Posts: 3,895
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Re: 93 z28 dies
did ya run outa gas?? lol
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04-23-2004, 02:39 AM
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AF Enthusiast
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 687
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Re: 93 z28 dies
LOL. good one ridge runner. but i think hes close. it sounds more like a fuel problem. pump or related electrical, or filter maybe
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04-23-2004, 02:46 AM
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AF Regular
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: tacoma, Kentucky
Posts: 436
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the pump in my rs died back in the fall it done the same thing.
when you turn you key over do you hear your fuel pump????
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04-23-2004, 03:30 AM
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AF Regular
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: La, California
Posts: 385
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Re: 93 z28 dies
yea i just replaced my fuel pump this last weekend , it solved a few problems
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04-23-2004, 10:12 AM
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AF Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Huntington Beach, California
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When I turn the key, I can hear the pump for a second, then a click and it shuts off.
Mileage and gauge show it has gas.
.......flatbed tow truck on the way ........
Last edited by Kruzer; 04-23-2004 at 11:35 AM.
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04-23-2004, 12:13 PM
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Banned
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: kingston, Massachusetts
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Re: 93 z28 dies
how many miles does the car have?
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04-23-2004, 12:20 PM
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AF Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Huntington Beach, California
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Re: Re: 93 z28 dies
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Originally Posted by DiabloGT
how many miles does the car have?
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98K (original owner) and well taken care of.
(Same color as the one in your post w/o ground effects stuff.)
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04-23-2004, 05:03 PM
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AF Fanatic
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Alexandria, Virginia
Posts: 7,150
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Re: 93 z28 dies
get a test light, and check all your fuses, (quicker than pullen em all) and see if any are bad, specificly the fuel injector fuses, even if the fuel pump is workin, if the injectors arent gettin a signal, they wont spray.
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04-23-2004, 11:41 PM
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AF Regular
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Cody, Wyoming
Posts: 243
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Re: Re: 93 z28 dies
Even though your gas gauge shows you have gas doesn't mean you do. I had a 93 Z28 that when the gauge showed it had a little over 1/8 almost a 1/4 of a tank it was out of gas. GM gas gauges suck... Almost every GM car that I've had has had a problem with the gas gauge. My 96 SS gas gauge bounces when the level gets below a 1/2 a tank.
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04-24-2004, 02:46 AM
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AF Newbie
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Huntington Beach, California
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Gas gauge shows 3/4 of a tank. Unless the mileage took a dump at the same time as the gauge, it has gas.
Update: I gave up and towed it to the local Chevy dealer. Codes showed ignition module. They are going to replace it and see if that does it. If not, the old one goes back in and the search will continue.
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