1994 Chevy Astro van

CAMORRALL

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1994 CHEVROLET ASTRO

I have a 1994 chevy astro van its a 2w drive with a vortec engine 6 cylinder and it has 220,000 plus miles. My problem is that the van will start only with your foot on the gas pedal and as soon as you remove your foot from the pedal the car putters out. It will not stay started long enough to even put it in drive. What could my problem be?

Thursday, September 13th, 2007 AT 2:21 PM

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Check the fuel pressure, it needs to be 9-13 psi with the key on and engine off.

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Friday, September 14th, 2007 AT 9:12 AM

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Thanks for your help we found out what it was it was a clogged egr valve we cleaned the valve and it started right up

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Monday, September 17th, 2007 AT 11:35 PM

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Carbon build up can be nasty for runnibiliity. There are a fair amount of fuel pump problems and that was why I would have started there, not to mention fuel injector assys. Looks like its all acedemic anyways. Glad you solved your problem, and update the post.

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Tuesday, September 18th, 2007 AT 4:55 AM