Starting hard
- Thread starter hotzlucas
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- Nov 30, 2009
Try this first . http://www.vortexbuicks-etc.com/no_start_tree.htm
What kind of work have you been doing on it for a few months?
Why do you have the battery charger hooked up to it?
No it's not normal for it not to start. It should start after the starter cranks the engine over a couple of revolutions. If not there is a problem! Don't continue to crank it over,find out what the problem is and fix it.
Tell us some history about your car; how long have you had it, how many miles on it, what mods have been done to it, how do you drive it? do you race it? have you replaced any parts on it or does it still have the originals? Do you have a scan tool hooked up? Please feel free to let us know, the more info you can provide the better.
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I had the a/c compressor seize up so I deleted that and put a by pass pulley on it, had the intake plenum powder coated cleaned up some wiring and that's about it. I checked spark has spark but no fuel coming out of the valve on the fuel rail
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Jerryl
Tall Unvaccinated Chinese Guy
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- Dec 14, 2004
If there is no fuel at the end of the rail with the Shraeder valve out or depressed, it is more than likely a wiring issue. Pumps go out and get weak but rarely produce zero volume.
I'll check all the fuses. Could it be alternator? That hot wire is on the back of that and I've had issues with the battery dying thinking the alternator might be going bad
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Gene Van Horn
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- Feb 20, 2013
Unplug the hot wire and plug it back to stock, see if the pump turns on and you get fuel. This takes about one minute to check so you can move on quick if it doesnt work.