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I have a 93 Impreza L 1.8L. Sometimes when I'm driving, the RPM's bog down or stay the same, then the engine gives out a sound like a dead growl, and with accelerator pushed in more the RPM'S go nowhere. Sometimes when this is happening if I let off the accelerator or move it around, it will catch up and be fine. This time I was driving it began happening and then I pulled over to the side of the road and it did the deep growl and the car stumled like Peaty's for about 15-20 feet then died. I then restarted it, it stumbled then died. Did it again, nothing. About 2 minutes later I tried it again, revved it up to about 4,000, stayed for a second, then completely shut off from 4K. That don't seem right. Then I went to smell the engine bay it smelled like the mixture was not burning quite right, BUT it did not smell like FUEL. Also it did smell abnormally hot, like the smell of hot metal. Though the coolant temp was fine. Spark plugs/wires have 3,000 miles on them. Fuel Filter has 3,000 miles. One other symptom I might be able to add is that this has happened to me three times now whenever I come home to Illinois from North Carolina where it has never happened before there??WTF I know the alt. is 3,000 ish feet in Illinois and 0 feet on the North Cakalaky Seaboard. I'm thinking maybe Throttle Pos. Sensor, fuel pump,??? I am not getting a Check Engine Light. I am not sure if fuel pumps slowly show signs of failure but this all happened within 5 minutes of the first stumble. Gas was just filled before this happend also. I had approx. 4.5 Gal of fuel in tank, I put in 2 16 oz. bottles of alcohol to help clean injectors and 6 Gallons of fuel. I always get Hi-Grade fuel too. WTF?? Also last December when I was last in Illinois, this begun happening. The car never died on me though it seems as if it would of if I didn't revv it up. I though it was the fuel filter, then I changed it and it still did it then a week later it went away. WTF??
I appreciate you enduring the length of this message. I wanted to give as much info as possible.
Thanks, Max
P.S. any reply is highly appreciated
I appreciate you enduring the length of this message. I wanted to give as much info as possible.
Thanks, Max
P.S. any reply is highly appreciated