i have a 2000 Gmc Jimmy v6 when driving it sometimes it goes dead in the middle of road and when try to crank it it smells like its flooded and try to put gas in it and ity may hold 2.00 dollars and then spit it back out on the ground like its full can some one please tell me what this means?

Asked by Brandi Jul 07, 2015 at 08:51 PM about the 2000 GMC Jimmy

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

when driving it sometimes goes dead in the middle of the road. then when try to crank it
sounds like its flooded out. Go to try put gas in it and somestimes it want hold  but 2.00
dollars and spit the rest out on the ground like the truck is full. can somebody tell me if it
could be fuel pump going bad in it

2 Answers

My 2001 Jimmy is doing the same thing as you described. We've replaced the fuel pump and some other things that could've possibly been causing trouble. Now the truck is running but we have to use starting fluid almost every time to get it going. It has no power, seems like it is flooding out when you try to give it gas it'll hesitate and wanna die out but when you let off the gas it'll pick back up. Out of nowhere it'll die when you have to stop and take back off at lights or in the middle of traffic. I've changed spark plugs thinking maybe the starting fluid affected them but it didn't help any. Going up little hills it'll drop speed and lose all power. It's nearly impossible to get up the smallest hills. I have to drop it to 2nd or 1st gear to get up a steep hill. I fear I'm going to blow the motor or mess up the transmission. I wouldn't drive it daily but I have no other way to get to work or to do daily musts. I don't know what else to do. It's such a headache.

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