friday i went to go pick my car up outta storage. it's about 45 min away in a buddy's garage and i wanted to get it home and start doing stuff to it.

i get in the garage and hook the battery up and make sure i get all the steel wool outta the engine bay and moth ***** and such. turn key on, i hear no sound of fuel pump. that isn't good. turn car over, and it doesn't start. not even a cough. tried to spray some starting fluid in the intake, and that didn't even do anything.

didn't have any spark coming from the wires. i left it for the night because all i had planned to do was start it and drive it home. wasn't expecting to have to do ****.

go back today, clean off the cap and rotor, check fuses, check connections, and check fuel pressure. finally got spark at the wires, but 0 fuel pressure. got the vehicle to start of intake cleaner, but it only ran for a second.

also my SES light doesn't even come on at start up when it's supposed to do a self diagnostic. wtf? always used to.

factors to keep in mind:
battery was on trickle charger all winter
car ran before it was stored
moth ***** covered the garage, and no signs of critters
used stabil in the fuel take and ran it through the lines before shutting it off
tank is 3/4 full
fuses were good

anybody have any ideas? i'm leaning towards fuel pump.

 

somebody has to have an idea...............

 

I'd check the fuel pump relay, and it's connector. If that's good, then I'd stick 12v+ directly to the fuel pump wire and see if it runs - if it does, then your back to the relay, if it doesn't, then you have a dead pump.

 

ok.

what would be your guess on why my SES light doesn't show up?

 

Not sure on that one. Missed that part of the question.

Have you looked at the ECM, and it's connector of wires? I know you did the mothball thing, but maybe someone chewed into the ECM harness for a snack - that would explain the no start and no SES light.

 

AFAIK a dead fuel pump will not trigger SES.

I could be wrong, though.

 

i'm just saying in general the SES light won't illuminate. it's supposed to and also used to when ever i'd turn the key to "on". i also plugged in my ALDL reader to check to see codes, and there was no flash of the SES light at all. key was on.
i haven't checked out the wires around the ECM.

 

yea start with fuses and relay and putting power at the fuel pump relay to see if the pump will run. I wouldnt worry about the SES light right now cause your trying to get it to run and you need 3 things spark, fuel, and compression and your lacking fuel so start with verifying your pump is good.

 

how reliable is hitting the fuel tank with a hammer? lol

 

SES light not coming on, i would think its the ECM...check the fuse