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Hi all,
On Sunday a lady and her daughter came out to test drive my 89 Festiva L, EFI. It started right up and ran excellent around the block a couple of times. She parks it in my yard like it was parked before the test drive. They said they'd call me back. At any rate, Monday around 6pm, I get in to take it somewhere to take pictures of it. It keeps cranking and cranking but no start. So I removed the coil wire and put it close to ground and crank, it gets a consistent spark. Of course, I can't find my spark tester to really see how strong the spark is. I will prolly buy a new one today to check it again.
I check the inertia switch to see if it popped, but it is good. So now, I am gonna check the fuel system. Haven't had time to really check it out and its been incredibly hot. What do you think I should check first? Do I remove the line from the fuel filter and put it in a bottle and crank to see if any fuel is coming out? The fuel filter looks really old and I have a spare new one in the trunk. Do you think this could be the cause of the no start?
Does anybody have any other ideas of where to go from here? I think it is a simple problem. The car has 186k miles on it and I replaced the timing belt and tensioner back in March. Plugs, cap, rotor, and wires have been replaced in March too, along with disty O ring. This car has started instantly since I've owned it so this is the first time its ever not started.
Thanks for any help or advice you can give me.
On Sunday a lady and her daughter came out to test drive my 89 Festiva L, EFI. It started right up and ran excellent around the block a couple of times. She parks it in my yard like it was parked before the test drive. They said they'd call me back. At any rate, Monday around 6pm, I get in to take it somewhere to take pictures of it. It keeps cranking and cranking but no start. So I removed the coil wire and put it close to ground and crank, it gets a consistent spark. Of course, I can't find my spark tester to really see how strong the spark is. I will prolly buy a new one today to check it again.
I check the inertia switch to see if it popped, but it is good. So now, I am gonna check the fuel system. Haven't had time to really check it out and its been incredibly hot. What do you think I should check first? Do I remove the line from the fuel filter and put it in a bottle and crank to see if any fuel is coming out? The fuel filter looks really old and I have a spare new one in the trunk. Do you think this could be the cause of the no start?
Does anybody have any other ideas of where to go from here? I think it is a simple problem. The car has 186k miles on it and I replaced the timing belt and tensioner back in March. Plugs, cap, rotor, and wires have been replaced in March too, along with disty O ring. This car has started instantly since I've owned it so this is the first time its ever not started.
Thanks for any help or advice you can give me.
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