My car (Manual front wheel drive '93 Nissan Sentra XE 1.6L engine with fuel injectors.) had been shuddering upon acceleration so I decided to try to tune it a bit to see if I could rid them. I did an oil change replacing the oil filter. I replaced the cap and rotor and the air filter. I also replaced all my sparkplugs.
I also put in a new audio deck and a subwoofer and amp into the back with a direct power cable going to my battery. (But I don't think that should've affected the starting of the engine.)
My car was doing better, but I think that was just from the tune up. I decided I'd try to keep working on those shudders so I put injector cleaner fluid into my tank at 1/2 full. It seemed like it was doing alright from then on.
The following day, I drove it from my house about a mile to the gas station at 1/4 tank and turned it off and filled it up. When done I attempted to start my car and it wouldn't turn on.
The starter seems to be working because it's making the starter sounds. And all the electronics are working. It seemed like the engine just wasn't getting any gasoline.
I replaced the oil filter and checked my sparkplug gaps (both of which seemed fine when I checked and replaced them). I checked all my fuses too.
Sometimes when I try to start it, It'll catch for about 3 seconds and hold at around 500 RPM then just die.
I figured it might have something to do with a big wad of injector cleaner going through my system so I'm planning on checking out the fuel injectors and the computer to see if anything's clogged or blown out.
I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with it so that I don't have to take it into a shop 'cause it's so expensive! Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Other than that, vehicle's in good condition and was running perfectly fine before the day it just randomly died!!
-Ender (
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