Damn, this couldn't have come at a worse time...
I was driving this morning and when I was pulling out of the driveway this morning, I noticed that the car felt REALLY sluggish. It felt like it was engine braking on me.
I got to the top of a hill about 3 minutes later and started to go down. Right after I got to the top of the hill, I noticed that my gas pedal was only working sporadically, where I'd press it in several times but it would only go every 2 or 3 presses. I finally got it going again, but as I started to head towards a stop sign, I felt the car losing lots of power. I looked down and almost thought for a second that the car had managed to shake itself out of third gear it was bucking so bad. I shoved it back in, although I'm not positive that it actually came out.
As I came to the stop sign, my engine was making almost no noise, and right before I pushed in the clutch to stop, I got a CEL, a battery light, and then the car died on me. The car cranked, but wouldn't turn over.
I let it rest for about 20 minutes on the side of the road, and tried to start it up. It turned over, and it drove, but it felt VERY weird. I granny-shifted it the mile and a half home, but when I'd shift, and let the clutch out, the RPMs would be higher in the newer gear than the one before it... confused yet?
Also, if I drove in 3rd gear, and let off the gas pedal, the car would sort of hard-lock, like jolting right before you stall the car, and the only way to keep that was to keep the RPMs up, or drive in 2nd gear. I didn't feel like getting on it to try it out.
My thoughts: the fuel pump's going bad? Since I've bought it, it's gone from just being loud enough to hear it with the windows open to loud enough to hear it from outside the garage. I don't really know though. I talked to my dad, and he said that because it cranks, it's either electrical or fuel related. What do you guys think?
Note: On Sunday I had CELs probably 3 or 4 times that day, and probably once every week before that. I'm gonna have my friend pull codes while it's being looked at.
I was driving this morning and when I was pulling out of the driveway this morning, I noticed that the car felt REALLY sluggish. It felt like it was engine braking on me.
I got to the top of a hill about 3 minutes later and started to go down. Right after I got to the top of the hill, I noticed that my gas pedal was only working sporadically, where I'd press it in several times but it would only go every 2 or 3 presses. I finally got it going again, but as I started to head towards a stop sign, I felt the car losing lots of power. I looked down and almost thought for a second that the car had managed to shake itself out of third gear it was bucking so bad. I shoved it back in, although I'm not positive that it actually came out.
As I came to the stop sign, my engine was making almost no noise, and right before I pushed in the clutch to stop, I got a CEL, a battery light, and then the car died on me. The car cranked, but wouldn't turn over.
I let it rest for about 20 minutes on the side of the road, and tried to start it up. It turned over, and it drove, but it felt VERY weird. I granny-shifted it the mile and a half home, but when I'd shift, and let the clutch out, the RPMs would be higher in the newer gear than the one before it... confused yet?
Also, if I drove in 3rd gear, and let off the gas pedal, the car would sort of hard-lock, like jolting right before you stall the car, and the only way to keep that was to keep the RPMs up, or drive in 2nd gear. I didn't feel like getting on it to try it out.
My thoughts: the fuel pump's going bad? Since I've bought it, it's gone from just being loud enough to hear it with the windows open to loud enough to hear it from outside the garage. I don't really know though. I talked to my dad, and he said that because it cranks, it's either electrical or fuel related. What do you guys think?
Note: On Sunday I had CELs probably 3 or 4 times that day, and probably once every week before that. I'm gonna have my friend pull codes while it's being looked at.