The car is not getting any fuel from injectors. Gas should come out of injectors when the engine cranks right?
Is it the fuel pump or a clogged fuel filter? My guess is the fuel filter is probably stock(19 years old). :confused: :cry

 

Could be the oil pressure switch. When you twist key to the ON position, do you hear fuel pump pressurizing? If not, check fuel pump relay also.

 

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A 19 year old fuel filter??? :confused:

I would damn sure start there before coughing up a hundred bills for a new fuel pump. Whether or not the fuel filter is causing this particular problem, it should have been replaced.....oh....about 5 or 6 times by now. It's a $10 part. Put a new one on regardless.

 

Measure the fuel pressure on the shraeder valve on your fuel rail. The fuel pump comes on for 2 seconds when you attempt a start, then when the engine runs, oil pressure turns on a switch that turns on the fuel pump. Check if your fuel pump is running, you can force the fuel pump on by jumping 12v to the fuel pump fuse. Check the fuel pump fuse with an ohmeter.

 

Fuel rail? Shreader Valve? Not on a stock '84 Crossfire. Checking the fuel pressure on a Crossfire is a major pain in the posterior, if you haven't made prior provisions. While replacing the fuel filter, place the fuel line from the tank into a "catch can". Have someone turn on the ignition, and watch for approx 2 seconds of fuel spurting from the line. The ECM is supposed to close the fuel pump relay for two seconds after the key is turned to the run position. Then, have them crank the engine over for a while. When the engine starts, or after prolonged cranking, the oil pressure switch closes the relay for the duration. The results of the above tests will give you some clues. If you get fuel both ways, fuel isn't the problem. Fuel cranking, but not with turning the key on (wait 10 seconds between attempts to let the ECM reset) means an ECM problem. The other way around is likely an oil pressure switch problem. No fuel either way means the pump, or the relay. I once had the bracket inside the tank that supports the pump break, allowing the pump to pull out of the discharge hose. You could hear the pump running, but it was just pumping fuel back into the tank. Before you pull the pump out, you can use a test light or volt meter at the connection at the tank, to be sure the relay is working. I had the ECM prime circuit fail on my car (my fault), but 9 times out of 10, you simply need a new pump. Good luck, and...

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