1990tt my car shut off today and then it was running nasty

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it smells kinda like oil and theres a really weird like hummmin noise from the back of my car i think its the fuel pump? and its running all sputtery and seems like its going to stall out


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Can't really pin point your problem from what you've described. Have any more info? Something more indepth or specific?

As for the hum from the back, that's the fuel pump.

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i think its my fuel pump or my maf cause i disconnect my maf and it starts right up but still saids engine check and when i do the ecu diagnostics it saids 55 which is unknown error but i did that and cleaned it and it ran fine and right when i stepped on the gas really it just shut off when i came to a stop

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Code 55 is not unknown error It is No Malfunction.

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sorrry but if its no error why is it showing engine light and why does it bogg down


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