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Car won't stay running

tomtom123

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Car seems to not want to stay running. I have a few problems that I'm unsure of.
1. Pushing the brake does not disengage the locking mechanism to let me shift out of park.
2. Key will not come out of ignition so I taped up that brass button thing on the white clip mechanism.
3. Car won't stay running for some reason.
http://s1334.photobucket.com/user/thomas_creg/library/?sort=3&postlogin=true&page=1
Go there for a video of the car dieing. Even when it starts to die out and I push the gas it just seems to make its death all the more painful. By that I mean when it starts dieing out, I push the gas and it just shakes harder as it stalls the rest of the way out.

Changes already done to the car:
Plugs and wires, plugs a few times since I had an issue running lean but fixed that with a new boost bypass solenoid.
New 195° thermostat yesterday.
ZZP catted downpipe.
 
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That's either fuel or fuel related.

What year is this? If it's 97-03 find the fuel pump resistor fix (bending the tab on the fuel pump speed relay.) Cam.. I can't find any of the posts with the pic. Please add.
 
Thanks for the info! I'll look into it more after my classes for the day. Also, can anyone see the video I posted on PhotoBucket?
 


The resistor can do this type of thing. So can as well. I'm all about trying free first though. The resistor will typically fail all of a sudden, but it's possible to have an intermittent as well.
 
Replaced the blown BTSI fuse in the glovebox and can now get key out of ignition without any issue. But still have to have my shifter rigged up so I can shift without pushing the override button next to the shifter. So 1 problem solved!
 
Car hasn't stalled in a bit, but the dashboard lights like the boost screen and the outside temp screen and what not keep flickering. Then they will stay on and lit up, then flicker again. Not sure where to start with this one
 
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