thanks for the quick reply. I have considered the filter but wondered how
it would be passing enough fuel for a high power run on the express way and
then die at idle. And why would it then work again after 10 min? It seems
to be temp related but I can't figure out how. I don't have a new filter
handy, I may have an old one that was removed at an engine change that was
still working. It is easy to change.

Ray

On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 12:45 PM <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:

> First thought is fuel filter.  And easy to swap out.
>
> On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 9:35 AM Ray Brubaker <rayandmerle@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Thanks for this great list. I have read it regularly for years but
>> don't recall reading about what just happened to be me. I have a '89 Blue
>> Star auto  original 2.1. I drove to the airport, 25 mi, to pickup my son
>> and family. Returning with a full load, 8 people, ( I modified to use the
>> two seat slide in middle seat with one rear facing seat at the door)
>> youngest grandchild is 15, and a full load of luggage. Had gotten off the
>> express way after cruising at 70 for about 15 min. and was in stop and go
>> traffic for another 15 min. when I stopped at a red light. The engine came
>> to idle then sputtered a few times and quite. Cranking, it would sputter a
>> few times but wouldn't start. Pushed it into a median. Unloaded the back,
>> checked the engine, found nothing amiss, checked that the fuel pump was
>> working normally, tank was 3/4 full (tank was new about a year ago). We
>> were running with AC on, temp was in mid range, not overheated. After
>> about
>> 10 min. I was able to get it to start and got going again. Slipped it into
>> neutral and kept it revved a little at every stop but it still quite the
>> same way in about 10 min. This time I felt the fuel pump while my son
>> cranked the engine and thought I felt and heard something that may have
>> been cavitation. Again after about 10 min. it started and we drove home,
>> about 15 min., with no incident ( I left the AC off). Yesterday I checked
>> fuel pressure, 33 psi with vac connected, 39 with it disconnected, normal.
>> Checked leak-down, normal, about 1 psi in a half hour.
>>
>> It seems like it is fuel related. To me it acted like vapor lock but that
>> shouldn't happen to a running injected engine.
>>
>> Thanks for any thought on this problem,
>>
>> Ray
>>
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