She won't start
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From: Brunswick Ohio
She won't start
I bought my car in North Carolina from my brother and he had it for 10 years and put 6000 miles on it. When I got it home it would start every day and then if it sat for two days it wouldn't start unless i primed it and then it would start for the whole day. I had the fuel filter changed because it was plugged and now it will start for one day and not the next. I hear the fuel pump running so I was told to change the fuel pump relay and when i did that it started right up without priming and I thought my problem was over, until the next day and it wouldn't start.
Can anyone give me some advice on what to do next? I had someone tell me that it might be the ICM and that is ok but I don't know what that is,obviously I'm not a mechanic.
Jim
Can anyone give me some advice on what to do next? I had someone tell me that it might be the ICM and that is ok but I don't know what that is,obviously I'm not a mechanic.
Jim
Hopefully it will start tomorrow.
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Fuel pressure should be around 38-45psi, it should hold pressure after you turn the key off. If it doesn't, pull the vacuum hose on the fuel pressure regulator & reprime the system, no fuel should be present at the regulator connection. Another possiability is injectors leaking down or a cracked hose at the fuel pump connection(in the gas tank).
