My car stalls when I put it into gear
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DannyR924
254 days ago
Hello and welcome to JustAnswer, my name is \*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\* I have over 22 years of experience in this field. I'm so sorry for your inconvenience and hopefully, I can help. Your vehicle needs to be scanned so we can properly diagnose the problem. It can be from a number of sensors that are acting up or just a coil pack or spark plugs.
Customer
254 days ago
Okay that doesn't tell me.a whole lot need to.know if that fuel pump is bad and would putting the car into gear will that cause the engine to. Fail
DannyR924
254 days ago
Yes if the fuel pressure is low you are correct the vehicle will have lost power and when you press the accelerator the vehicle will stall. To confirm this, you do need to get the vehicle scanned to retrieved the vehicles trouble codes memory, because this is one of many thing that can cause the same problem.
Customer
254 days ago
Okay and another question indropve the car sround b enough to warm.up mm the engine i parked it and . That's when the problems started happening i tried starting it b and few seconds later the engine died i tried it again and again until finally I had to.step on the gas lightly then a little more.then I could barely shift the car into drive
DannyR924
254 days ago
It sounds like is related to the same fuel issue, but like I said we can guess all we want, retrieving the codes is better. You can try pulling the spark plugs out and checking their condition.
Customer
254 days ago
No I checked the plugs they were good without this problem.the car fired up.the same again and again never faltered but I have noticed within the last couple months days a.loss.of . Power
DannyR924
254 days ago
Have you replaced the fuel filter?
Customer
254 days ago
No sir I've been wanting the car to produce more problems before I have to condem the fuel.pump
But the car does have 270k miles I bought the car ten thousand miles ago no problem.then
DannyR924
254 days ago
No i mean the filter for the fuel not the pump.
Customer
254 days ago
Sorry sir thats what I mean
DannyR924
254 days ago
OH OK.
Customer
254 days ago
with all.the information I have given you does that sound like.its the fuel.pump.and filter
DannyR924
254 days ago
You can check the pressure from the pump if you have a scanner, if you don't I would replace the filter first.
Customer
254 days ago
Where is the filter at? This is an external fuel.pump.
DannyR924
254 days ago
The pump is in the tank and it has a strainer. But there should be an external fuel filter as well.
Customer
254 days ago
On a 99 Mercedes benz e320 correct
DannyR924
254 days ago
Yes .
Customer
254 days ago
How.many fuel.filters is in this car?
DannyR924
254 days ago
One and the strainer in the tank for the pump.
Customer
254 days ago
if this vehicle has more then.one fuel.filter.where would that one be
DannyR924
254 days ago
Here is a diagram.
Customer
254 days ago
Thanks this clarifies alot.of questions and the problems I had with the car.
DannyR924
254 days ago
You are very welcome.
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