Today I drove my car everything was fine until suddenly it started to sound like a race car, it shut, I let sit for a minute and then a little bit of smoke appeared under the driver side. Then it started up but when accelerating it only went about 20mph, and it shuts off in between. Please can you guys help? Everything was fine the only thing I did differently was put a full tank of gas into the car. One thing i should mention I can only put Cheveron into my tank because anything else will shut if off and my car will sputter.
I have replaced the engine, altenator, battery, had my gas tank acid washed, crank shaft censor replaced and idle pulley replaced.

can you elaborate on the race car sound? How soon after getting gas did this occur?

When I was trying to press on the gas the engine just sounded really loud like a hot rod, and this happened like two hours after I put gas in the car. After I put gas in the car I went home but when I went out again this when it all happened. I drove my car last night and everthing went smooth except the fact when you press on the gas pedal to hard it will jerk the same way it does when the gas is to low but I have a full tank of gas.

I forgot to add the check engine light is now off so I am not sure what is going on.

Was the check engine light on at one point? You might want to have that code read, it may reveal the cause of your problem.

Out of curiosity... Why was your gas tank acid washed? Seems kinda odd that you cannot get gas any where but chevron.

When we bought the car we had some of these same issues and our gas tank was really nasty so instead of replacing it we did a acid wash. We were told that the sock is in bad shape and go bad anytime but I am not sure if this is the problem. All I know it is reallly scary when my kids are in the car and it acts like this. We were also told the gas pump was in need of repair but in order to repair we need to replace the whole gas tank.

To replace the fuel pump you wouldn't need to replace the whole tank........ Who told you that? I'm almost positive in 94 it's just an in tank pump but is removable........ Who told you that you'd need to replace the whole gas tank?

An idiot told me this information. Do you think my fuel pump is giving me problems?

Personally i'm honestly not the best with diagnosing problems. But i did recently have my fuel pump go out on me in my Delta 88 and my symptoms were not like those at all really. Well sort of. It'd die and sputter but that was because it was the fuel pumps last breath. Then it finally just didn't start, but that all happened within 2 hours time. So i'd say no to the fuel pump but like i said i'm no expert, but i do have experience with fuel pumps going out, and it just doesn't sound like it to me.

Sounds to me like you need to be looking for a new car.

Are you serious? You just totally freaked me out!

Take that with a grain of salt.

So what you are saying is that it is habitually dying? When you press the gas, aside from the noise (sounds like bad exhaust?) does the car have alot of power, or does it bog down and act sluggish?

Fuel related problems, when there is a restriction in the system, caused by a bad fuel filter, pickup sock, or less than adequate flow, as would be caused by a fuel pump, will make the car have sluggish acceleration, and it will not run that well.

Given your description, I would look at the fuel filter first. Start simple, work your way up to the more complicated things. If a filter doesnt fix it, I would say the problem lies in either the pump or the sock, but it could be other components of the fuel system too.

Your noise sounds like nothing more than shot exhaust. Is it quiet at all?

Hope this helps-

Andrew

Nice response. Should have kept it to yourself.


Dont listen to that. You've got a simple problem. Problems can be solved.

You had the tank acid washed. I had a vehicle with rotton gas in the tank. The tank was acid washed 3 times. Each time the problem came back. The acid seemed to only loosen more stuff off the walls of the tank, to be sucked into the filter and collapse my pickup sock.

I am guessing you may need to acid wash the tank again, or replace with a good used tank. You might want to replace the pickup sock at the same time, since they are cheap. The fuel filter likely has to be changed also.

Do you think it would be a good idea still to get my codes read? Also how much can it cost to replace my gas tank? I do freak out about my car because this the only one i have and remember I do have 2 kids and they are both disabled so, when my car breaks down I have a mental breakdown...i know this is not good but I am trying to get better. I am going to shop today so we will see.

So what you are saying is that it is habitually dying? When you press the gas, aside from the noise (sounds like bad exhaust?) does the car have alot of power, or does it bog down and act sluggish?

Fuel related problems, when there is a restriction in the system, caused by a bad fuel filter, pickup sock, or less than adequate flow, as would be caused by a fuel pump, will make the car have sluggish acceleration, and it will not run that well.

No my car doesn't die it just happened two days ago now it runs fine except when you press on the gas to hard it will jerk. My engine sounds great its quiet for right now. Also the check engine light is off. Could a bad sock or fuel filter/pump cause your car to jerk, shut off, and make it hard for you accelerate?