6mt sputtering/smoking/dead

[Riv]

My car died on me driving home from work yesterday. It started sputtering and I could smell fuel and blueish smoke coming out of the exhaust. I drove it about a mile further looking for a place to pull over and then called roadside assistance and had it towed to Infiniti of Tampa. They hooked me up with a loaner and I was on my way again. The service was great. But I'm worried about the car. Turnes out the fuel pump went bad and was throwing excess fuel into the engine. I know rich is better than lean but could there be any future problems since I drove with it sputtering for a mile. Also, wouldn't there be something wrong with the injectors too? Dont' they have to open for excess fuel to enter the engine?? Thanks for the info. Oh and I get the car back tomorrow,

Riv -

-6MT Sedan, Aero, Black on Black

[struan87]

I think it's common practice for many cars to dump gas in if the sensor goes out. So I doubt your problem caused any serious damage.

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[sav505]

Didn't VQ's problem have something to do with the injectors?

[Riv]

Well, I got my car back, freshly washed from the dealer, it's running great. Seems to me that the fail-safe mode would be to put extra gas into the engine so as not to run lean, seems to have worked.

Riv

-6MT Sedan, Aero, Black on Black

[VQ]

Yeah, I had a fuel injector go. Same thing, lotsa smoke and sputtering.