It's a '92 Cavalier base coupe. 2.2L engine, auto. trans. 72,000 orig. miles. It stalls out at random times, even while accelerating. It can be in Drive, Park, Reverse, driving down the road, it doesn't matter, the car will just die whenever it feels like it. It does have a gas leak from a fuel line under the hood & one of the belt-driven accessories on the engine is making noise (alternator I think, not sure), could either 1 of them make the engine die over and over? I just put a used fuel pump on it too by the way, and it doesn't have a fuel filter on it at all. It always starts right up though, idles fine, but when it stalls it just cuts right out, no sputtering or warning. Any clue what it could be? No check engine lights by the way.

1. Gas leak + hot engine = your car on fire.

2. Used fuel pump + no fuel filter = clogged injectors/lines.

3. That noise is most likely coming from your idler/belt tensioner pulley

It seems, to me, that the gas leak is most likely the biggest problem. Get that solved IMMEDIATELY. What I am guessing is happening, the leak is causing a drop in fuel pressure at the rail, and thus the engine is starved for fuel, and inevitably dies.

If you don't put a filter on the pump you WILL have worse problems...

Good luck

If its the 2.2 Check the coil packs.

Yeah NO joke install a fuel filter asap.I would def check those coilpacks,age is going to the killer on those not wear.I would do a solid tune up if you have not already and check that egr valve it can and will choke the engine.It can be removed and cleaned.Not sure on the egr location but,if it has a vacumm line disconnect it and if the they issue stops that is the problem along with any other issues compounding it.Check the 2nd gen forum and do some searching on these items they probably are in some old post!!!