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[MaSonZ]

what got you to the point of thinking fuel pressure?


 the fuel filter on this car should either be on the firewall, or underneath the car, near the tank. it should still have one though, although some cars do not anymore.

it just about starts, and then dies when it would normally start. Lack of fuel pressure can not keep an engine running, correct? Everything else checks out so far, haven't checked my plugs yet, but assuming they're good what else could it be?

About the fuel filter, either they're a pita to find, or my car doesn't have one like some other odd job cars.

[CAP1]

it just about starts, and then dies when it would normally start. Lack of fuel pressure can not keep an engine running, correct? Everything else checks out so far, haven't checked my plugs yet, but assuming they're good what else could it be?

About the fuel filter, either they're a pita to find, or my car doesn't have one like some other odd job cars.

a quick test to see if it's a fuel problem, is to spray some carb cleaner in the throttle body, then crank the engine. if fuel pressure is the problem, then it'll start for a second. be careful of backfires though. i did this method with a 2.2 chevy engine, and cooked half of an eyebrow off. 

 a timing belt that's jumped a tooth or 2 can do this too. also, a bad crank position sensor or a bad cam position sensor can. stick with the easy stuff like you are first though. 

[MaSonZ]

a quick test to see if it's a fuel problem, is to spray some carb cleaner in the throttle body, then crank the engine. if fuel pressure is the problem, then it'll start for a second. be careful of backfires though. i did this method with a 2.2 chevy engine, and cooked half of an eyebrow off. 

 a timing belt that's jumped a tooth or 2 can do this too. also, a bad crank position sensor or a bad cam position sensor can. stick with the easy stuff like you are first though. 

remember reading about your cookd eyebrow... think ill have my brother shoot some carb cleaner into her, doubt hell get my point of why hes doing it unless it backfires 

i dont wanna mess around with my timing any... but if it comes to it i dont have much of a choice. can you throw up some pics of the crank position sensor and the cam position sensor are for my car? dont mean to make oyu do all the research for me, i would love to buy a Haynes repair book....but no money to do that with. 

[CAP1]

remember reading about your cookd eyebrow... think ill have my brother shoot some carb cleaner into her, doubt hell get my point of why hes doing it unless it backfires 

i dont wanna mess around with my timing any... but if it comes to it i dont have much of a choice. can you throw up some pics of the crank position sensor and the cam position sensor are for my car? dont mean to make oyu do all the research for me, i would love to buy a Haynes repair book....but no money to do that with. 

the crank position sensor is inside the timing cover(i think on this one), down at the crankshaft. it triggers off of a trigger wheel that's behind the timing belt sprocket.
 the cam position sensor, i think is on the exhaust cam..........

[MaSonZ]

good deal. my list gets bigger as i narrow things down  some day ill figure out whats wrong....