Thanks Joe. It's getting sparky, just no fuel in the rail .. so it could be fuel pump, or pressure regulator ... I would rather replace the fuel pump. I put in 5 gallons of gas via a gas can .. no change in the situation ...
Well, first, you might be out of gas.
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> Second, get a fuel pressure gage and a VOM. You can buy your own for about
> $30 and there's no wasted work involved. I don't know how hard it is to get
> to the pump wiring, because mine never totally stopped and I could always
> hear it running. (I've replaced it twice). Maybe there's a connector you can
> get into to see if it's getting power. It seems to me that people work way
> too hard to try to avoid using a VOM.
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> I have the same car, and I have also had some problems with the ignition
> module that the coils are mounted to. This can also cause a no-start > condition.
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> > I have a 90 olds (I know this is a pontiac group), with a 3.1 .. when to
> > get some computer memory today, and when I started it back up, it was
> > running like crap, and died. So I checked the fuel rail pressure valve > and
> > there was fuel pressure ... So I tried to start her up again .. nothing,
> > just cranks to beat all hell ... every once and awhile it was act like it
> > was going to start .. but nothing. So I check the fuel rail pressure > valve
> > again .. this time, instead of gas, came air... I don't hear the fuel > pump
> > running, and I switched out the relay with one that I know works .. I even
> > tried adding power to the power wire on the relay (you know, that red wire
> > for priming I think), and nothing ... Ya'll think my fuel pump went to
> > Harry's house? (went south)
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