Q: seems like a fuel problem
It has a 350 engine n my car would cut off after say 5 mins of driving, my
fuel pumps works perfectly fine and enough
pressure and carburetor would start to flood leading to the problem but one problem I'm not sure about my
fuel pump doesn't always turn over when I turn the
key some say it's normal once it's up to pressure
some say it's not
My car has an automatic transmission.
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