It sounds like the fuel pump to me. All of my old cars had to have a new fuel
pump recently. In addition to the pumps just being old and ready to fail, I
have also heard that today's gas is particularly hard on the old diaphragm. The
fact that you car ran with a shot of starting fluid, and then quit sounds like
it isn't getting any gas.
Paul
In a message dated 11/16/2003 6:22:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,
jsadowski@xxxxxxx writes:
> Hi folks, I have been letting my car sit for the past 6 months & now it
>doesn't want to stay running when I let my foot off of the gas. The first
>time, the carb was spilling gas all over the engine & then it wouldn't
>restart. Now it seems as if it is starving for gas. I tried changing the fuel
>filter & thought that was it until it went from high idle & immediately
>stalled. It then refused to restart again & didn't flood, although I tried to
>start for several minutes, I sprayed a little carb cleaner into the carb & it
>again started but again stalled when I let off the gas. I'm thinking it may be
>the fuel pump, which was "borrowed" from another Imperial in 1990.
> Any advice?
> Thanks, John
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