93 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera S - fuel pump??

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BUTTERCUP116
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I have a 93 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera S, 139k miles, Automatic. Up until this point it had been running fine. I was driving and it was doing great, then I slowed to a stop and it stalled. I tried to start it again, and it wouldn't start up. My boyfriend(a boat mechanic) checked my fuel line and found that my fuel pump had died. So, he replaced it with a part from Advanced Auto Parts. He also replaced the filter.
We then tried to start the car and it stalled. So we tried it a few more times, thinking the fuel pump just hadden't gotten the fuel all the way up, and it idled fine. As soon as you put it into gear and press the gas, it stalls out. So, he checked the gas return line while it was idling and it had not one drop coming through it.
We think it may be that the fuel pump they sold us may be the wrong one. A neighbor told me that they make two fuel pumps, one sends out a higher volume of gas than the other, i think he said that one is formultiport injection, and the other is throttle body. My car has multiport injection. The neighbor said we probably got the one with the lower amount, which would make sense why its "starving" for gas and stalling out when we press the gas pedal.
We asked Advance auto and they only sell that one kind.
I was wondering if my neighbor is right, and if they do have different kinds of fuel pumps for my car.
Any other suggestions of what may be wrong are greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Carly
Nov 1, 2007 at 1:08 PM
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[quote:910fe74618="staceycan"]Hi, I have a 96 Mustang, 5 speed, v6, 135k miles, the engine runs really rough, the check engine light flashes on and off all the time and when I turn the engine off it smells like gas. Does anyone know what the problem might be?

Thanks for your help![/quote:910fe74618]

When was it last major tuned-up? Its 11yo car

You need to have the CEL scanned for OBD2 code/s and comebackl. This will give us a basic idea is to what is going on.
Aug 18, 2007 at 4:48 AM
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[quote:5fe66c9d7e="staceycan"]Hi, I have a 96 Mustang, 5 speed, v6, 135k miles, the engine runs really rough, the check engine light flashes on and off all the time and when I turn the engine off it smells like gas. Does anyone know what the problem might be?

Thanks for your help![/quote:5fe66c9d7e]



Get t scanned to see which cylinder is missing then use a noid light to see if the injector driver in he computer is stuck on. I'm guessing cylinder #6?
Aug 18, 2007 at 5:44 AM
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If the boy friend has a fuel pressure gauge, hook it up, if not try unplugging the vacuum hose on the fuel pressure regulator on the fuel rail, if it runs replace the regulator, this is most likley why no fuel is returning!
Nov 1, 2007 at 1:40 PM