General Question  valdasta's avatar  My van starts up then
stops: would this be electrical, fuel filter, fuel pump, or
what?  Asked by valdasta (2094 points ) December 21st, 2010  I
have a 98’ Chevy Express Van…When I start it, it cranks over,
fires up, and runs for about four seconds then dies as if it is
out of gas. What could be the problem? I will give you some
history that may (or may not) lead to the problem. BTW: it does
have gas in it and I also added some “dry gas” to the fuel in
case it was caused by moisture in the tank.  History: I was
having a problem with the ignition switch. I almost replaced the
switch, but I have anti-theft (the part is more expensive) so I
was going to try to bypass the switch and install a button, but
I haven’t gotten there yet. I cleaned the connections to my
relay box…THIS proved to be the, and or, one of the problems.
With the switch disconnected from the steering column, I was
able to start the van using the switch (and key in the “run”
position), but as I mentioned, th