After driving a short amount of time, I stopped for about 15 minutes. When I went to turn the car back on, the engine did not start. All I heard was a click and then nothing. I opened the hood, and I saw that coolant had leaked everywhere, but I checked the hoses and it didn't seem to be coming from there. The lights don't dim when I try to start the engine, and we gave the car a jumpstart but it still didn't start. What can be possible problems and can I please help narrow the problems down a little more?

To begin with, you\'re not driving the vehicle enough - five minutes isn\'t usually enough time to recharge the battery after a start, so if you repeatedly start it but give it only a few minutes to recharge, the cumulative drain on the battery gets to be too much.



It\'s a lot like working hard every day but eating only one boiled egg for supper every evening after work - you can do that for a while, but eventually you run out of reserves.



Short drives are also terribly hard on the engine. If it never gets up to full working temperature, it also never gets properly lubricated inside, and so wears out much faster than it should. I\'d recommend driving it no less than fifteen minutes every time (EVERY time) you use it.



All that said, you may also have a bad alternator fuse. It\'d be in the fuse box under the hood, and it should be a fairly large one. With nothing but short drives, I wouldn\'t be surprised if that fuse is also blown; when the battery gets too low, the alternator has to work really hard trying to charge it back up. If the alternator has to work really hard EVERY TIME (because the battery\'s low and never gets charged all the way back up after your short drives), it\'s pretty likely that the fuse will weaken and blow.



Again, if you find a bad fuse there... after replacing the fuse and recharging the battery, drive the vehicle more. Not more often, but keep it running longer when you drive it.

could be a relay but sound like somethings shorted out in the wireing

Many cars have the cooling fan on a thermostat or time delay, to allow it to run for a short period of time after the engine turns off, to cool the engine off. You may have just never noticed it before. So I wouldn't worry about that.
Your real problem is the blowing fuses, apparently you have a short somewhere in your wiring. Putting in bigger and bigger fuses is a great way to set fire to your wiring harness. It's possible that the wire is pinched or chafed somewhere, and perhaps when you hit a bump just right, it touches and shorts.
You may have to take this to the Chevy dealer or a GOOD independent shop to have them chase it down. Unless someone out there knows exactly what this is, it could be a tough one to find.

try my favorite simple fix. Get some stp fuel treatment or whatever is common for your area, read the label and make sure it removes water from the gas tank/gas pour the entire bottle in then fill up the tank. let the car run for a few minutes drive it if possible. Your problem should clear up shortly.

Check for a corroded ground connection on the small wire from the neg. side of the battery to body (rad support frame).

It could be your starter. I had that problem with my vw cabriolet and finaly found out that the heat from the engine causes the starter solenoid to stop working and not engaging the starter.

sounds like the auto choke isnt turning itself off properly but to be totally honest i would need this to happen when i test drive it to diagnose it correctly .

CHECK ALL OF YOUR COIL PACKS,YOU MIGHT HAVE TO REPLACE THEM.

Check the fuel pressure with a known good gauge - sounds like pump may be failing. Does it only run poorly if it's below 1/2 tank or all the time?

ck fuel pressure