PLEASE HELP!!!

where is clarksville? close to nc?







-justin

not really its about 50 miles west north west of nashville tn

i live by the drivers license center
i always go to the car wash down there on riverside we should chill sometime i got to try to get my mazda runnin again this weekend so its drivable i can barely drive it. u want my phone number?

Vacuum advance is the hose that runs from the manifold to the dizzy, if you start the motor and pull the hose off you should hear the motor tone change as the timing moves away from where it should be.
I check mine by unplugging the hose when the motor is running at the dizzy end then see if it has vacuum in the hose, then turn off motor, reconnect the hose, disconnect from the manifold end, remove the dizzy cap and rotor and suck on the other end of the hose, you should see the timing advance. it's pretty obvious if it works as a whole part inside the cap starts to rotate around a bit.
With the PCV valve, just clamp the hose running from the air filter to the cam cover and it should drop the idle noticeably, I've never heard of the valve stalling a motor but I have heard people say that when it's stuck it runs really rough.
If you Google "checking PCV valve" it shows you how to clean them too, and more importantly what it looks like and what it does.

ya man, we need to hang out , i cant this week end got to go get shit from the exwife, and i get my daughter on saterdays but we try and get you truck done after work..... im layed off right so any times good for me...ya shot me your number..pm it if you dont want the world to know...lol...sorry guys

ok i checked the pcv and its working the vacum advance is good to but i got it to where if i take my fuel filter off (the one under the hood) and drain the gas out of it and put it back on i can drive about 5 to 10 nmin till it does the sputterin and just die on me......any ideas?

A bad filter or a blockage in the hose maybe?
I've bought a filter before that was a dud from manufacturing, had a plastic bit inside that wasn't formed properly and partially blocked the flow of fuel.
Perhaps you could try running straight fuel hose to the pump without the filter there, I removed mine about 3 years ago and had no problems... yet.
This might seem like a dumb thing to try but if it is fuel related like you think it is (and sounds like it is now) it could be that you have a bad breather port on your tank itself, try removing the fuel cap and take it for a spin and see if that fixes it, it could be that if you have a blockage in the inlet to the tank after a few minutes of driving the tank would run out of air and stop fuel from flowing, this would make your pump cavitate and would stop you.
When I bought my truck it had no cap so I can tell you it's fairly safe to drive like that, it has a anti splash bit inside the fuel filler.
It just lets lotsa fuel evaporate running without a cap