Hey all -- my car last started about 4-6 weeks ago during the
snowstorms we had around here. Let it sit and idle for 10 minutes or so while I did other things, then turned it off. Tried to start again today, no dice. Pulled plugs, ran starter with the fuel pump fuse removed, put in new plugs, tried to start, no dice. Been trying to follow the Bentley guidelines to diagnose. Here's what I have so far:
Fuel pump: Checked the fuse, fuse ok. Went to the fuel pump relay, ran a jumper between 30 and 87. No sounds. Does the key have to be in a certain position for this to work?
I thought this might be the problem right there, but I kept going just in case...
Main relay: Good power to 30 and 85. I don't know how to check for ground on the brown wire on the harness. Checking for voltage across 87 and 87 got me nothing with the key set to "on." Not sure what any of that means, as far as diagnosis goes.
Coil: Checked voltage on the frontmost ignition harness, no problem. Pulled the sparkplug after an attempted start. Smelled gas...not a ton, but a little bit.
Adding to all of this, my battery is dead, so I have to do all this with another car pulled up and jumper cables running between the two. LOL
Any hints?
If running the jumper wire across 30 and 87 on the fuel pump relay socket causes no noise, and if I don't smell much gas in the cylinder, is it definitely going to be the fuel pump that died?