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[Erick]

Hey guys so I recently replaced my fuel pump (Has a max psi of 95), my car started to run perfectly fine for the first time. Fast forward 2 months...I start it up and it died as if it didn't have gas. So I decided to change the FPR since it was hissing. Then my car started up again but it dies if I don't apply gas. So I looked back at my pump and I see this filter looking thing on top of the pump(I didn't see it the first time, this is my first project car I'm learning). I know it's connected to the fuel system so I'm wonder is this a fuel filter? Like an additional one? Also for the FPR (Fuel Pressure regulator) what's a good psi to have it before i try to start I know it goes between 30 and 40 before even trying to crank. Thanks guys.

[Zed Head]

47 minutes ago, Erick said:

Fast forward 2 months...I start it up and it died as if it didn't have gas. So I decided to change the FPR since it was hissing. Then my car started up again but it dies if I don't apply gas.

what's a good psi to have it before i try to start I know it goes between 30 and 40 before even trying to crank.

You're off on a wild goose chase.  It's normal for the FPR to hiss and your fuel pressure is in the right range.  You shouldn't have changed the FPR and you should probably put everything back together and leave it if your fuel pressure is about 36-37 psi.  There's probably something else wrong.

Give some more detail between when it last ran, and now.  How long has it been sitting, how warm was it when it "ran perfectly", how long did it run perfectly, did you drive it, stuff like that.  Might be that it ran perfect for 20 seconds then you shut it down for two months.  Can't tell.  Does it run long enough to warm up?  Does it run well after it warms up?  Lots of missing information.

[Erick]

25 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

You're off on a wild goose chase.  It's normal for the FPR to hiss and your fuel pressure is in the right range.  You shouldn't have changed the FPR and you should probably put everything back together and leave it if your fuel pressure is about 36-37 psi.  There's probably something else wrong.

Give some more detail between when it last ran, and now.  How long has it been sitting, how warm was it when it "ran perfectly", how long did it run perfectly, did you drive it, stuff like that.  Might be that it ran perfect for 20 seconds then you shut it down for two months.  Can't tell.  Does it run long enough to warm up?  Does it run well after it warms up?  Lots of missing information.

So I live in Cali. So weather is warm out her always. I ran my car for about 5mins in my back yard (it's pretty big) and I haven't used it for 2 months. After that I try to start it, and it wouldn't start until I pressed the gas. It still struggled to turn on but it did and than after I stop giving it gas it died again. Like if it didn't have gas. I originally had this problem the first time i got this car. So I switched the pump and it started back up again with no struggle. Also when it was working it could idle, I had no problems and it could warm up and still have no problems. And for the FPR so hissing is ok?? I know there was no gas leakage in the vacuum hose at all. But with the new FPR there's no hissing and it started up just twice.

[Zed Head]

3 minutes ago, Erick said:

l struggled to turn on but it did and than after I stop giving it gas it died again. Like if it didn't have gas. 

Getting closer.  "giving it gas" means holding the throttle pedal all the way down or pumping it up and down or pushing it part way down?  Does it warm up and run right now, after you get it started?

I kind of recall your past problems.  You never came back and said that the problem was fixed.  I said last time that the hissing was normal.

 

[Erick]

15 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

Getting closer.  "giving it gas" means holding the throttle pedal all the way down or pumping it up and down or pushing it part way down?  Does it warm up and run right now, after you get it started?

I kind of recall your past problems.  You never came back and said that the problem was fixed.  I said last time that the hissing was normal.

 

Yea sorry I just got busy with school and work I forgot I had this ? my bad but ok yes I had to fan the gas pedal to turn it on, and now it does not turn on at all it will crank but won't start. 

[Zed Head]

I don't think that you ever solved the first problem.  You might have squirted enough fuel through the CSV and injectors to get it to start and run but there are still fundamental problems.

Give some history of the car.  How long have you had it, did it run when you bought it, etc?  You didn't tell anything in your other thread.

Could be it just has old gas in the tank.

[Erick]

51 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

I don't think that you ever solved the first problem.  You might have squirted enough fuel through the CSV and injectors to get it to start and run but there are still fundamental problems.

Give some history of the car.  How long have you had it, did it run when you bought it, etc?  You didn't tell anything in your other thread.

Could be it just has old gas in the tank.

Ok I will start from the beginning (Day One) I bought this car about 7 months ago. It was a barn find, it only turned on when it had a full charge battery and faning the gas pedal. Also if you touched the Ignition wire connected to the Ignition coil it will automatically die. So I switched out the Ignition wires as well as new spark plugs to play it safe. After that car wouldn't start and I noticed my batter was draining fast. ( I bought a new battery) so I changed the alternator and car still wouldn't start again. Finally I decided to work on fuel system so I changed the pump and drained the tank of any gas it had and put in new gas. I try to start my car and it finally started. Than over time I i began working on rust but I'd still turn my car on to charge batter and to make to see if anything else is wrong and nothing...Fast forward to the beginning of the year. I try to start my car like I always do( just stepping on the clutch no gas fanning at all) and it wouldn't start, so I try again and it started but barely and it died shortly after. So I tried again but I fanned the gas pedal and it started and i gaved it gas to stay on and it did, for maybe about 1 min and it died. Later I hear the hissing sound so I switched the FPR and still nothing. The hissing went away I didn't try to start it for a month than maybe about 2 and half weeks ago I start it I did fan the gas pedal and it started but it died as soon as I stopped giving it gas and also a HUGE smell of gas came in. Now I'm here.

[Zed Head]

53 minutes ago, Erick said:

but it died as soon as I stopped giving it gas and also a HUGE smell of gas came in. Now I'm here.

Have you checked the coolant temperature sensor circuit, at the ECU?  Or even at the sensor itself. Make sure that it is connected firmly.  It's in the thermostat housing.  Sounds like it might be disconnected.

[Erick]

16 hours ago, Zed Head said:

Have you checked the coolant temperature sensor circuit, at the ECU?  Or even at the sensor itself. Make sure that it is connected firmly.  It's in the thermostat housing.  Sounds like it might be disconnected.

I have not checked it yet I will today and I removed my pump and I found a bit of grimy dirt coming out of the pump where fuel goes out to the fuel line.

[Erick]

58 minutes ago, Erick said:

I have not checked it yet I will today and I removed my pump and I found a bit of grimy dirt coming out of the pump where fuel goes out to the fuel line.

I checked the sensors and they came out easily, they don't have a clip to the sensors. Also I'm posting a picture to make sure that I'm also doing this right and it's the right sensors.I checked that box looking one and the one after the white connector. All this is under the Raditor hose.ill post a second one from a farther distance to get a better look.

[Zed Head]

Do you have a multimeter?  To measure resistance?  You'll be way ahead if you measure resistance at the ECU connector.

[Erick]

14 minutes ago, Zed Head said:

Do you have a multimeter?  To measure resistance?  You'll be way ahead if you measure resistance at the ECU connector.

Sadly I do not....