# 1993 Mitsubishi Galant - Green - over 125,000 miles - occasionally just stops - Chicago **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [July 30, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-mitsubishi-galant-green-over-125-000-miles-occasionally-just-stops-chicago/2401 "2007-07-30T15:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cherylb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@cherylb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cherylb)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-mitsubishi-galant-green-over-125-000-miles-occasionally-just-stops-chicago/2401/1 "2007-07-30T15:54:25Z")
This has happened 2 times now. The car starts and is running fine. On both occasions the car was driven about 30 minutes and then parked for about 30-40 minutes. After the car has been parked (30-40 minutes) the car starts and will go 1 time for about 500 yards and teh 2nd time for about 2 miles, the car just stops. After that the car cannot be started. In both cases we waited one time 12 hours and the second time 5 hours, then the car started and could be driven. There was about a 2 week period beteen both incidents. Both incidents happened on a warm day (above 80). Also the car only gets used about 2 or 3 times per week to drive short city distances. Does anyone have any idea as to what might be wrong? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-mitsubishi-galant-green-over-125-000-miles-occasionally-just-stops-chicago/2401/2 "2007-07-30T16:16:57Z")
There are several things it could be, but a fuel pump is the most likely if it has the original pump in it. 15 years and 125k miles plus means it’s due. ---
**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2007, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1993-mitsubishi-galant-green-over-125-000-miles-occasionally-just-stops-chicago/2401/3 "2007-07-30T17:49:50Z")
Change the fuel FILTER and put a fuel pressure gage on it. Put the car in drive and take the rpm to 2,000. Watch the fuel pressure for a couple of minutes. It should stay within limits. You can determine if fuel supply is the problem for not starting if you spray a START FLUID, from the auto parts store, into the black plastic intake tube. If it starts, it’s a fuel problem. If not, maybe a spark problem.