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2003 Corolla-Fueling Problem-HELP!
Hello,
I am in a time crunch to figure this out, as I am leaving for a long car trip thsi week, so please help me if you can!
I have a 2003 Corolla, 85k miles.
I spent the weekend with my car parked for 36 hours in 100+ degrees temperature.
On Sunday, my gas gauge showed empty and my fuel warning light came on about 70 miles ealrier than normal. I fille dhte tank with 10 gallons and the gage remained on empty and the warning light stayed on. I could detect no leak, and the car drove, so I continued on my way home.
At 40 miles, I stopped and started my car again. No problem. At 45 miles, when I pressed tha gas at a couple stoplights, it took a second for the car to accelerate, and then it caught .
On Monday, I was taking it to get the break shoes replaced, and so Iw as just going to have Midas just check to see what was wrong. It started fine but had the acceleration delay at a stoplight and no accelration after the second gas light. I let it sit and was able to get it going enough to pull into the Midas drive.
They put 2 gallons of gas in it to no avail-gage on Empty and warning light on. they then put 3-4 gallons of gas in it and the light went off, the gage moved up. They said it was the fuel pump, but I am not sure.
It now drives and I took it to my mechanic, but the problem is not occuring now, so he cannot diagnose it. The car has been at 60-80 degree F temperature for the last 48 hours.
I would wait to see if it happened again, but I am driving 1000+ miles on it this week, away from home, and don't want it to fail on me, but I hate to replace the fuel pump if that is not the problem. Could it be the fuel regulator? Does the sensor have an automatic shutoff even of tank is full?
Also, I had a rear passenger side seatbelt replaced last week, and the dealership broke the panel-could anything run by here that may have been broken?
Please help!
Thanks!
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