ok well just left walmart, put some fuel injector cleaner in it, doubt it works but was like 2$ why not give it a try, about 10mins after that was pulling up to the gate and the car turns off, push it to the side, it doesnt want to start back up, the gate guard said it might be a fuel pump issue, now was it just a coincidence with the injector cleaner and my car turning off or has this happened to anyone else.

 

also to add more information, i can still hear the pump activate when i turn the key

 

How about a little more info. Mods? Other symptoms? Miles on the car? It could be a few dozen things. I doubt it has anyting to do with the injector cleaner EXCEPT...

You state that you put the cleaner in the tank at WalMart. The instructions clearly state to put it in the tank and THEN fillup in order to properly mix the cleaner throughout the tank. IF you added enough cleaner to a low amount of fuel in the tank then it's possible you made it to "the gate" before a slug of the cleaner made it thru the injectors.

 

No mods on the car, 85k miles, and on the bottle it said put in with half a tank of gas.

 

Usually, the bottle will tell you how many ounces of the cleaner you need to treat XX number of gallons, then you add the amount that equates to treating 16 gallons AT THE GAS STATION before filling the tank. Filling with fuel AFTER adding the cleaner allows proper mixing. From that point, you run the tank down to where you feel comfortable; at least to half or below; to allow as much of the treated fuel to flow through the fuel system as possible.

Simply adding the bottle to 1/2 a tank and then running it doesn't sound like the ideal way to clean the system with a fuel additive.

Let us know what happens with your car.

 

EXACTLY what did you put in?

 

Unless you had some other unrelated failure, I think you need to add some fuel to the tank and get some flow going to flush whatever is curently in the fuel system from the pump to the engine and she should start right up.

 

just curious , what prompted you to add fuel injector cleaner ?? were there issues already . also when was the fuel filter last changed ?

 

If you can hear the pump run when you turn the key then it isn't likely the pump. You may have a clogged fuel filter -if you haven't changed it then I would go there first.

 

Okay well got the fuel filter changed yesterday, the fuel coming out of the filter was brown so put the new one in. Well turned on and turned it off a few times, let it sit there for 10minutes or so. Then after leaving and driving maybe 80 feet away to park it, it dies and wont start up again so thats the update as of now