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Old Sep 6, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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How do I test the pump to see if it's bad or not before yanking it?


When I turn the key over I can hear some noise in the back like it's turning
on, but the car wont start.

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Old Sep 7, 2009 | 02:51 PM
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Do you have a fuel pressure gauge to validate if you are getting fuel or not? If you are getting fuel and the motor is turning over maybe you don't have any spark?
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I dont have a guage - is there a way to check fuel pressure without having a permanent guage installed? As in a hand held meter of some kind??

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You can take off the cap at front of the driver side fuel rail and push the schrader valve and see if you get fuel.
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Also did you recently do something to the car or did it just not want to start all of a sudden?
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I had a few signs that something was going bad - It sat for a couple days and when I went to start it it took more than just a couple cranks to fire up - then later that day it took awhile to start again. I went to drive it to work the next day and while taking off from a red light it died and hasnt started since.
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