Troubleshooting Request! [SOLVED] Options

[rave2n]

Hello all. On my way home from work this evening, the cellie died.

I was just taking off after a light, and it started to feel like it was stalling in 1st when the gas about half down. It seems to have recovered and was going alright. Drove normal...til the next light. Did it agian, but worse.

After stalling completely while going 35, pulled over. Had trouble starting up, but would start. Idle was crazy, but tapping the gas you could get it up to 4k rpm easy. That didn't last long either. It started to drop asoon as I hit the gas after that. Now it'll have a really rough start up, then run like crap for about 10 seconds, then just dies.

I checked for any obvious leaks or anything of the sort..nothing. My limited knowledge of engines is a hinderence atm. I do know, you need air, fuel, spark. I have air, I have spark. So, my question is...do you guys think my fuel filter, pump, or injector is bad?

The spark plugs are less then a year old, the only recent thing i've done is got a oil change, and put in LED BA-15 bulbs in my rear lights =P

Any assistance would be greatly appreicated, as right now its sitting in a parking lot of a not so wonderful area. Hoping its something I can fix quickly and available at a local shop..

This post has been edited by rave2n: May 19, 2010 - 4:15 PM

[rave2n]

Hmm, well its Monday morning. It drove to work fine, with only one stutter.

Now I don't know what the heck its issue is. I havn't changed the regulator out, cause its still on the way, but why would it act near normal now?

Only thing i've done is replaced the fuel filter, and put some new NGK plugs in....

When replacing a fuel filter, does the effects of the correction take time before it comes into play?

[longgone]

Hmm, well its Monday morning. It drove to work fine, with only one stutter.

Now I don't know what the heck its issue is. I havn't changed the regulator out, cause its still on the way, but why would it act near normal now?

Only thing i've done is replaced the fuel filter, and put some new NGK plugs in....

When replacing a fuel filter, does the effects of the correction take time before it comes into play?

It's possible that some of that contaminated fuel has gone through your filter causing it to stutter
where are you getting your fuel that there was brown stuff in the filter
most good fuel stations have decent filters on there tanks
I take it that you never replaced the fuel filter when doing a service on your car
what colour was the plugs you took out
I don't think it's your fuel reg thou