98 Lumina Unknown Starting Issue
Hello Chevrolet Forum! Hope all is well!
The other night I was going to the store with my brother and as I approached a stop sign my Lumina immediately stalled and wouldn't crack back up. I was able to get the car towed back to my dad's house and so the next day I tried looking around in the engine bay as my brother tried cranking the car but I wasn't able to see or really hear anything. It has 163k miles on it. The fuel pump is working because I can hear it priming as the key turns over and the fuel filter is only about 3 months old so I can't really expect it to be that. The alternator is about 5 years old and the starter and battery is only 3 years old. The battery had been going dead from excessive cranking I suppose so I got the car jumped off and it cranked but the video I attached shows what it sounds like before it stalls out again. A family friend came by and said it could be a intake leak but the oil doesn't have any coolant contamination. That's why I'm turning to this forum to see if you guys could potentially know the problem.
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
Best wishes,
- Toby T.
The other night I was going to the store with my brother and as I approached a stop sign my Lumina immediately stalled and wouldn't crack back up. I was able to get the car towed back to my dad's house and so the next day I tried looking around in the engine bay as my brother tried cranking the car but I wasn't able to see or really hear anything. It has 163k miles on it. The fuel pump is working because I can hear it priming as the key turns over and the fuel filter is only about 3 months old so I can't really expect it to be that. The alternator is about 5 years old and the starter and battery is only 3 years old. The battery had been going dead from excessive cranking I suppose so I got the car jumped off and it cranked but the video I attached shows what it sounds like before it stalls out again. A family friend came by and said it could be a intake leak but the oil doesn't have any coolant contamination. That's why I'm turning to this forum to see if you guys could potentially know the problem.
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
Best wishes,
- Toby T.
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