[acslater9]

Basically the car shuts off after driving for approximately 20 minutes. He thought the problem could be the fuel pump (aftermarket), so he replaced it and it actually kind of work but the problem still persisted. I told him to check his fuses but he says he doubts that a fuse could be the problem. He told me the car starts up perfectly, no grinds no nothing. He also put in a brand new battery, oil change, the whole nine yards yet the problem still occurs.

Once the car shuts off it will not turn on for a couple of hours. But once the hours past he says the car starts right up again like nothing happened. He says it is fuel related.

Also, the reason he says it's probably fuel related is because once the car shuts off he sprays brake cleaner into the fuel lines and he says it starts right up.

Any suggestions as to what it might be will be helpful, thank you.

[KiLLeR2001]

Coolant Temperature Sensor for the ECU. It is faulty. If the sensor thinks the water temperature is too hot it will shut the car down and won't let it start back up until it cools off. Either that or the car is actually overheating on him, lol.

[acslater9]

So nothing in my previous post describes the car needing a distributor, correct?

Let's say we change the CTS, and the problem still happens what should we focus on next?

Also thanks!

[KiLLeR2001]

I can almost guarantee the CTS is the problem.

[acslater9]

Alright cool, he's going to try that now. I'll update in a few.

[acslater9]

Still happening. This time the car doesn't even stay on for at least a minute.

[KiLLeR2001]

Check ECU for codes. Get a fuel pressure gauge and check fuel pressure.

[acslater9]

Checked codes nothing came up. Going to check fuel pressure.

By the way what should I be looking at once I check the fuel pressure? To see if it's getting fuel to the engine?

[KiLLeR2001]

To see if pressure is correct at idle, when giving throttle etc. For a stock KA pressure at idle should be around 34 psi when the car is warmed up, about 40 when the vacuum is unplugged.

[acslater9]

Gotcha makes sense. Also what if the fuel pressure doesn't meet the requirements. What could possibly be the problem?

[KiLLeR2001]

If its too low, could be fuel pump, bad fuel pressure regulator, or power to fuel pump. Too high could be a blocked fuel filter or bad FPR.