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   From: Paul@Houston.Texas   
      
   helper wrote:   
   > When engine quits and won't start, try putting a little gas in throttle   
   > body and put air filter back on (to avoid fire), then try starting to   
   > see if it runs for a few seconds.  That might be good test to know it   
   > isn't getting fuel during those situations.  Sometimes hard to know if   
   > fuel or electrical is problem.   
   >    I think my 93 sonoma was acting up, cutting out at times a few years   
   > ago, recalling as you mentioned fuel pressure. Someone told me that fuel   
   > pumps go out gradually, used to be easy to replace too.  The in-tank   
   > variety can be hard to get to.  A van might have a cover on the van   
   > floor to access the top of the tank, and even allow you to remove the   
   > pump assembly from the top of tank--a ring that turns unlocks some tabs   
   > and then pump assembly lifts out, that part fairly easy.  New pump fixed   
   > my cutting out, cost about $70 online.     When stumped, I go to a   
   > repair shop and get estimate how much to diagnose problem.  They used to   
   > do that for around $100.  Then fix it yourself from their advice.  They   
   > have better equipment and are used to solving mysteries.   
      
   The original post is 19 years old.  It's unlikely that the OP is still   
   driving his 30 year old Astro.  Metal fatigue would have broken it in   
   half about 10 years ago.   
      
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