Masisoar

the RPMs go down with engine speed and I lose power steering eventually etc.

There's no specific thing I do that causes it other than just driving.

I noticed though that if I dont hold my key in (pushing it in as I turn the car over), and I don't give it the 2 seconds to turn over (i.e. letting go before that causing it to not start) that the shutting down happens later in my drive after I get it to start.

I hate when I don't hold it for the 2 seconds to turn over though because then I have to wait like 5 minutes before I can try to start my car again because it won't turn over. You can hear it though going "chugga chugga chugga" and no VROOOOOM.

Is the fuel pump shot causing not enough gas to come in? Grounds causing that?

I don't know.

A4wheelin

Is this pic I circled the general vicinity of the grounding wires. You already know of the front one. The intake one is a very thin wire. The one on the back is similar to the one on the front. Hope this helps. I know how frustrating it is. I got stuck 3 times on the side of the road when I had my ground issue. Once you find the broken one, it won't hurt to clean off the connector and the grounding point. Good luck!

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This is the intake ground.

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