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1998 s70 dies after driving about 30 mins

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Old 09-04-2014, 08:45 PM
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Default 1998 s70 dies after driving about 30 mins

My wifes s70 died yesterday after driving about 30 mins. When I went to check on it after work it fired right up, ran good. It was low on gas as usual so I filled it thinking maybe the pump just lost fuel. It started good ran down road about a mile and died. I put it in N and started again ran a little ways and died again, again put it in N and started ran down highway good. Decided to go to Walmart and get fuel system cleaner. Car would not start, turned over tried to start but would not run. Let set for while attempted again turned over better. Everytime I let it set it tried to run better after about an hour and a half it started good enough to get to shop. Seems to run good until gets warmed up and then dies. Temp guage shows normal temp. Any Ideas Please
 
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Try not to post issues in the NEW MEMBERS area, you will usually NOT get help there.

 
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I say fuel pump.
 
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Old 11-03-2014, 05:49 PM
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When it stops,hit the fuel Tank on the right side with a MALLET or something ,see if it starts,if it does,FUEL PUMP change.
 
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