Engine Starting Problem

[vanillaman]

I was driving down teh road and my trac off light began to flash on and off, suddenly my car jerked a few times and it wouldn't go when i hit the gas, I pulled over shut it off and it didn't start back up. I put a new battery and alternator on it and still nothing, so i took it to a shop and they are telling me something is wrong with my fuel pump and/or my cyclinder in it. Has anyone had this type of problem or something like it please.

[bigd6983]

most likely its ur fuel pump......if the engine is cranking but doesnt wanna turn over its usually a fuel problem........and the fact your acted like it ran out of gas.........points there.......

[vanillaman]

figured out the problem today, when the person installed my new tranny and engine, he just wrapped the tranny ground aorund a damn screw or bolt, when i was driving it must have rattled and fell off then broke off. So with the tranny ground not there the car wouldn't start, replaced it today and runs like a charm.

[bigd6983]

he wrapped it around like bare......no connector?? geez........was it the dealer who installed it, or a smaller shop........thats good you figured it out........never woulda thought of it being that.......

[brsexton]

YOu have had to get a new tranny and motor? What happened?

[vanillaman]

It was Transmission Clinics lol. I gave him the bill and the number of the guy at the other shop I took it to and he refunded me. I did have 135k miles on a 99 3400 alero. So i guess I just got hesitant of the miles, then i took my car in the transmission place to check it out b/c it was slipping and my belts inside were smooth as a baby's butt. Not to mention the purplish color of my torque converter, it was purple due to high heat, so i got the tranny replaced, and teh car does run great. With CAi and a muffler my best run is a 9.47 in the 1/8 track. Since the nearest 1/4 track is 2 hrs away.

[flalero]

Not to whore up this thread, I would like to know what kind of mods you have to run a 9.4 in the 1/8. I ran against an older Cobra the last time I ran on the 1/8, and he pulled a quickest of 9.1. I have the 3.4 with CAI, exhaust, removed cat, mass air flow translator, and Auto Trans Intercpetor and the best I ran was a 9.7. If you say you have nitrous or something, then that is believable, if not, we would love to see timeslips. I only say this because nobody believed I ran my 9.7, which is pretty quick for a NA 3.4, until I showed my timeslips. We are not believers around here until we have proof.

[-Alero-]

maybe it had a northstar lol :lol:

[FormulaNERD]

ehh, a northstar would run alot quicker than a 9.47.

[flalero]

Glad to see someone could join me in the cynisism!^^^ :thumbsup:

[vanillaman]

I do have a 75 shot of NX on the Alero. Without the nitrous my best run is 9.73, I ahve the 3.4 with a cold air intake, exhaust, chip, auto transceptor.

[alerosport.com]

Got to school early today, cars fine. Shut it off, turned on the lights and walked back to check my brake lights. They didn't work... so i went to start the car and it just cranked and cranked.... Only had starting problems once, and had the altanator replaced about a year ago... where or how do i make sure the tranny is grounded...

thanks

[flalero]

Originally posted by vanillaman@Oct 27 2004, 10:11 PM
I do have a 75 shot of NX on the Alero. Without the nitrous my best run is 9.73, I ahve the 3.4 with a cold air intake, exhaust, chip, auto transceptor.
Okay, now the time is believable, with the chip and nitrous. How well has your car been handling the 75 shot? I was thinking of going with nitrous in the near future, but I was afraid to go that high (my car has almost 90,000 miles on it).

[vanillaman]

To be honest I've only shot it a few times, it seems to do rather well, but i did just get a new negine put in with some mods which help it i suppose.

[alerosport.com]

my problem came back two days ago... how do i ground the transmission? its either that or fuel pump.