# Car stalls

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls/22900>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [December 3, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls/22900 "2008-12-03T23:01:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![timothy\_farkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@timothy\_farkas](https://community.cartalk.com/u/timothy_farkas)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls/22900/1 "2008-12-03T23:01:00Z")

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i have a 1998 olds cutlass cierra that only has 87k on it I bought it last may and it drove fine for aout a month then one day my wife and i were going down the highway and it start missing and finally died then when it sat for a while it start and ran but once it started to get a little warmed up then it would start missing and dying out again finally it just got to where it would start and then die now i cant even get it to start replaced fuel filter and fuel pump

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls/22900/2 "2008-12-03T23:18:19Z")

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Are you sure you got the right pump? Will the car run on some priming fluid sprayed in the intake?

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**Author:** ![timothy\_farkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@timothy\_farkas](https://community.cartalk.com/u/timothy_farkas)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls/22900/3 "2008-12-03T23:34:33Z")

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yeah it will

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-stalls/22900/4 "2008-12-03T23:50:58Z")

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This article could help you test the fuel system. The 'noid test lights, to check for the fuel injector signal from the engine computer, should be available at your local auto parts store: [http://www.autozone.com/shopping/repairGuide.htm?pageId=0900c15280091720](http://www.autozone.com/shopping/repairGuide.htm?pageId=0900c15280091720)
