I had a spankin' new distributor, wires, plugs and fuel filter put in about two months ago. on my way home from work one night i got off the highway and the car hesitated real bad on take off ( 5 spd. manual trans.) cleared out after third gear and started up a hill and did the same thing. next day car would'nt start. got it started and put in the garage. car idled for over an hou. once i touched the throttle when engine was at operating temp. it stumbled and died. would restart but sometimes took a lot of cranking. i can hear the fuel pump "whirring" . no codes in ecm. kept throttling and would hesitate real bad and every once in a while would pop or backfire out of the intake? any ideas of what the heck is going on would be appreciated. I have had this car for 7 years and has been an awesome car until now. 287,000 miles.....

 

welcome to the forum.On the new distributor, was it a rebuilt? Also you did check for any loose wires?

 

yes, it is a rebuilt distributor and i had checked wires and everything looks good. just can't beleive that this new of a distributor could go out so soon?

 

i can tell you from what your saying about the rough running you need a timming belt done before you do any more damage cranking it over get the timming belt done asap ........let me know what the shop says when you get it looked at