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96 Lumina - vapor lock?

   
Old August 19th, 2013, 9:27 AM
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Daughter has driven it for 2 days, so far so good!
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Old August 19th, 2013, 9:10 PM
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job well done.
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Old August 26th, 2013, 2:41 PM
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OK daughter has driven car for a week now with no issues, so am assumming the fuel pump did the trick Thanks to all who contributed to this repair!
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Old August 27th, 2013, 1:43 PM
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Default 1996 CHEVROLET LUMINA V6 3.1 Liter FI
Originally Posted by dplantz
OK daughter has driven car for a week now with no issues, so am assumming the fuel pump did the trick Thanks to all who contributed to this repair!
I'm glad to hear that now you can help someone who has the same problem as you!

Great job,

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Old September 23rd, 2013, 9:34 AM
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I have a 96 Lumina 3.1L & had to replace the fuel pump , too .

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Old September 24th, 2013, 11:44 AM
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Yea, thanks. Been a while now and no continued problems so I am happy camper my kid has quit calling me!
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I may be wrong , but I suspect a lot of these kinds of fuel problems , in older cars , is caused by the ethanol in the gas ?


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what does this thing do?
this is a fuel pump pulsator it eliminates vibration and sound and hooks directly to the fuel pump 21 rock auto.com
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Originally Posted by dplantz
what does this thing do?
fuel pump pulsatorit hooks to the fuel pump and eliminates vibration and noise
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I think I had the same problem looks like I will be replacing the fuel pump also
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