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I NEED HELP!
A couple of years ago, was driving interstate through road construction. Hit a pothole and bottomed out the car. I had 1/4 tank of fuel. Within a mile, the car started missing, hesitating and no power. Made it off highway and to a gas station. Filled it up and immediately, the car started right up and no issues - full power. From that point forward, whenever I got down to 1/4 of tank, it would start running rough, missing and could smell a weird sweet smell. Fast forward to last week. Drove it, with no issues, until it got to 1/4 tank. Filled it up. Started driving again and at 1/2 tank, on highway, it started acting fuel starved again. Had someone come and bring me 2 gallons of fuel. It fired right up, made it to gas station and topped it off. Continued driving, with full tank. About 40 miles down the road, with near full tank, started missing, bumping and no power. Pulled over and let it sit for about 10 minutes. Started it back up - no problems - ran perfect. 20 minutes later, it did the same thing...pulled over for 5 minutes, fired it back up and ran fine. Was able to make it home. I am baffled. Thought it might be fuel pump, that was damaged when I bottomed it out, possibly knocking off the fuel pickup that was closer to the bottom of the tank. Therefore, causing it to act like it was running out of fuel, the lower the fuel level in tank was. But now, with 1/2 and also with a full tank, getting the same problem...I am baffled. Any suggestions? Fuel pump? I have eliminated fuel filter, because that wouldn't be effected by fuel tank level...would happen all the time, with clogged filter. The fuel tank was never damaged or dented, when it bottomed out. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Tired of throwing money at ghosts.
A couple of years ago, was driving interstate through road construction. Hit a pothole and bottomed out the car. I had 1/4 tank of fuel. Within a mile, the car started missing, hesitating and no power. Made it off highway and to a gas station. Filled it up and immediately, the car started right up and no issues - full power. From that point forward, whenever I got down to 1/4 of tank, it would start running rough, missing and could smell a weird sweet smell. Fast forward to last week. Drove it, with no issues, until it got to 1/4 tank. Filled it up. Started driving again and at 1/2 tank, on highway, it started acting fuel starved again. Had someone come and bring me 2 gallons of fuel. It fired right up, made it to gas station and topped it off. Continued driving, with full tank. About 40 miles down the road, with near full tank, started missing, bumping and no power. Pulled over and let it sit for about 10 minutes. Started it back up - no problems - ran perfect. 20 minutes later, it did the same thing...pulled over for 5 minutes, fired it back up and ran fine. Was able to make it home. I am baffled. Thought it might be fuel pump, that was damaged when I bottomed it out, possibly knocking off the fuel pickup that was closer to the bottom of the tank. Therefore, causing it to act like it was running out of fuel, the lower the fuel level in tank was. But now, with 1/2 and also with a full tank, getting the same problem...I am baffled. Any suggestions? Fuel pump? I have eliminated fuel filter, because that wouldn't be effected by fuel tank level...would happen all the time, with clogged filter. The fuel tank was never damaged or dented, when it bottomed out. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Tired of throwing money at ghosts.