problem with 1994 cavalier dying not getting any gas

1994 CHEVROLET CAVALIER
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JSKINNER
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after driving my car for a while it will jerk then start to slow down until it dies. the gas pedal will go all the way to the floor without giving any gas. it also makes a whining sound from under the car not under the hood and the whining sound gets louder when i roll up or down the power windows and turn the turn signal on. i think its the fuel pump but everybody tells me it's not because the car still runs it just dies then starts back up after a few minutes but it keeps dying until i let it sit for about an hour. do you have any idea what it might be please help me
Jul 10, 2006 at 8:56 PM
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VANDRAGON
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does the car have cruse control? when you use the power windows, wipers, and turn signals, do they go faster than before? are you sdalton19? did you run over a robot lately? if i were you i would call ghostbusters. i have never heard of a gas pedal just going down by it's self unless the return spring broke.
if this isn't a joke, go to the honda forum and pm losone, he has 40 years under the hood!
Jul 11, 2006 at 9:12 AM
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VANDRAGON
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could be a broken or frozen cable that connects the pedel to the throttle body or carb. have you checked the trans fluid. sounds like you have two problems
Jul 11, 2006 at 6:24 PM
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